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NeighborhoodDowntown
Hours{'monday': '17:00-24:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-24:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-24:00', 'thursday': '17:00-24:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-24:00'}
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Tip: Book the rooftop patio for Derby weekend; the bar runs walk-in most nights.

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Address: 350 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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Pin + Proof ★ 4.5

$$$Downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-01:00', 'saturday': '17:00-01:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Pin + Proof inside the Omni Louisville Hotel is a prohibition-era speakeasy with sleek wooden bowling lanes in a dimly lit cellar, hidden behind a photo mural of a woman shushing.

Tip: Find the entrance left of the Omni lobby. Book bowling lanes through OpenTable.

400 South 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Down One Bourbon Bar ★ 4.3

$$$Downtown{'monday': '16:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-23:00', 'thursday': '16:00-24:00', 'friday': '16:00-01:00', 'saturday': '16:00-01:00', 'sunday': '16:00-23:00'}

Down One Bourbon Bar in the Galt House Hotel basement pours 100+ bourbons in a low-lit speakeasy-style room under West Main Street, a hidden hotel-attached drinking room.

Tip: Walk-in for the bar. The Old Fashioned class runs Saturday afternoons.

321 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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Rabbit Hole Distillery Rooftop ★ 4.4

$$$NuLu{'monday': '16:00-22:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-22:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-22:00', 'thursday': '16:00-22:00', 'friday': '16:00-23:00', 'saturday': '12:00-23:00', 'sunday': '12:00-21:00'}

Rabbit Hole Distillery's rooftop bar in Louisville's NuLu pours port-finished craft bourbon and rye from the top of the modern East Jefferson Street distillery, with downtown views.

Tip: Walk-in for the rooftop in warm months. Distillery tours run separately downstairs.

711 East Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Pin + Proof ★ 4.5

$$$Downtown{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-01:00', 'saturday': '17:00-01:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Pin + Proof inside the Omni Louisville Hotel is a prohibition-era speakeasy with sleek wooden bowling lanes in a dimly lit cellar, hidden behind a photo mural of a woman shushing.

Tip: Find the entrance left of the Omni lobby. Book bowling lanes through OpenTable.

400 South 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Down One Bourbon Bar ★ 4.3

$$$Downtown{'monday': '16:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-23:00', 'thursday': '16:00-24:00', 'friday': '16:00-01:00', 'saturday': '16:00-01:00', 'sunday': '16:00-23:00'}

Down One Bourbon Bar in the Galt House Hotel basement pours 100+ bourbons in a low-lit speakeasy-style room under West Main Street, a hidden hotel-attached drinking room.

Tip: Walk-in for the bar. The Old Fashioned class runs Saturday afternoons.

321 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Big Bar ★ 4.5

$$Highlands{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-03:00', 'saturday': '14:00-03:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}

Big Bar on Bardstown Road in Louisville is the Highlands' welcoming gay bar, voted Best Bar in the Highlands by LEO Weekly, with karaoke on Wednesday and Sunday nights since 2012.

Tip: Walk-in. Wednesday karaoke is the loudest night; happy hour runs every weekday.

1202 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204

Chill Bar Highlands ★ 4.3

$$Highlands{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-04:00', 'saturday': '14:00-04:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}

Chill Bar Highlands on Bardstown Road in Louisville runs a Highlands gay-friendly bar with drag shows, karaoke and a busy Friday-night dance floor, an LGBTQ+ Highlands fixture.

Tip: Walk-in. Drag shows run multiple weeknights; check the calendar online.

1117 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204

Please and Thank You ★ 4.5

$NuLuMon to Sat 07:00-17:30, Sun 08:00-17:30

Please and Thank You on East Market in Louisville pours coffee and pulls warm chocolate chip cookies in a vinyl-spinning NuLu cafe, the city's daytime listening-bar atmosphere.

Tip: Walk-in. The vinyl rotates daily; ask the barista what's spinning.

800 East Market Street, Louisville, KY 40206

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