Chef Edward Lee’s Louisville
Find | Markets
Bardstown Farmers Market
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Louisville Farmers Markets
Farmers markets here in Louisville are great. There's one somewhere every day of the week. The produce here is some of the best I've ever seen, and it gets better every year.
Lexington Farmers Markets
On Saturday afternoons, they have one of the biggest farmers markets in the region, and I'll often make the drive over there just to see what's shaking.
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Eat | Restaurants
I like small, poorly lit ethnic restaurants where English is a second language. To that end, there are places in town from Pakistani to Vietnamese to Iranian to Mexican holes-in-the-wall. Most of these places have a sign that I can't read and I order whatever is looking good at the other tables.
Dak-Shin
For Indian.
Pho Bin Min
For Vietnamese.
La Tropicana Market
For Mexican.
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Where Chefs Eat
Holy Grale
Photographs courtesy of Holy Grale
Holy Grale
A great beer bar that has creative bar food.
Eiderdown
A new place in Germantown that makes good pub food.
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Where The Locals Eat
Jack Fry’s
A wonderful speakeasy-vibe restaurant with an incredible sense of history.
Wagner's Pharmacy
If you are in the horse business, you will go to Wagner's Pharmacy for a greasy spoon lunch and to talk shop.
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Off The Beaten Track | Franco's Soul Food Restaurant on Dixie Highway
A terrible location for a restaurant, but the best fried chicken in the city, hands down (sorry KFC).
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Find. Eat. Drink. | Quintessential Louisville Spots
Churchill Downs | A Sandwich At Blue Dog Bakery
Photograph Credit: Erin Pettigrew [flickr] | Blue Bog Bakery
1) Grab a beer at any of the Irish bars on Bardstown Road
2) A day at the track at Churchill Downs
3) An espresso and sandwich at Blue Dog Bakery
4) A walk through Cherokee Park
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