Le Moo is a steakhouse restaurant in Saint Matthews, Louisville.
Le Moo in Louisville runs Lexington Road's theatrical steakhouse: a black-walled dining room, dry-aged cuts and a caviar service that arrives on a silver tray.
Signature dishes: Dry-aged steaks, Caviar service
Must order: A bone-in ribeye and the caviar service to start.
Tip: Reserve on OpenTable for the dining room. The bar pours a sharp bourbon list with the full menu.
Address: 2300 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206
Buck's Restaurant in Louisville has poured Old Louisville's continental dinner since 1992, set inside the historic Mayflower building on West Ormsby.
Signature: Crab cakes, Bacon-wrapped shrimp
Order: The crab cakes and the bacon-wrapped shrimp, two long-running classics.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Best for a special-occasion dinner with a view of the room's vintage piano bar.
Volare in Louisville pours seasonal Italian dinners with house-made pasta on Frankfort Avenue, three years running the Louisville Magazine readers' best Italian.
Signature: Sea bass piccata, Tomato salad
Order: The sea bass piccata, the kitchen's most-ordered plate.
Tip: Book the dining room online. The bar opens at 16:30 and pours a sharp aperitivo list.
Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville turned a former auto-service shop into a wood-fired pizza pub with a courtyard ping-pong table and a Kentucky bourbon list.
Signature: Wood-fired pizza, Pork meatballs
Order: The wood-fired pork-meatball pizza, with a Kentucky bourbon old fashioned.
Tip: Kitchen serves until late on weekends. The patio fills first on warm nights.
Naive Kitchen in Louisville cooks vegetable-forward Latin plates from a Butchertown corner on East Washington Street, the neighbourhood's vegan-friendly room.
Signature: Vegetable-forward plates, Latin-inspired bowls
Order: The seasonal grain bowl, plus a margarita with house chile salt.
Tip: Book on OpenTable. The bar runs a separate cocktail list with mocktail-forward options.
Game Restaurant in Louisville grills exotic-meat burgers from antelope to yak inside a lodge-themed Lexington Road dining room near Butchertown.
Signature: Venison burger, Wild boar burger
Order: The venison patty with Gorgonzola and mint pesto on a pretzel bun.
Tip: Closed Sundays. The patio is dog-friendly with the full menu.
Hammerheads in Louisville packs forty seats into a Germantown basement on Swan Street, running smoked lamb ribs and pork sliders out of an open kitchen.
Signature: Lamb ribs, Smoked sliders
Order: The lamb ribs and a pork-belly slider, plus a local draft.
Tip: No reservations. Get there before 18:00 or expect a 45-minute wait on weekends.
