Coming soon · From the team behind 502 Restaurants

Louisville eats here. Join the table.

The Louisville Restaurants Club is a paid membership for people who actually love this city’s food — insider access, a real say in where the club goes next, and dining credits that pay for the whole thing. Not a coupon app.

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$7.99
Founding rate · first 100
3
Dining credits monthly
$10 off
Every $40+ check
$0
To reserve a seat
What this is

A club, not a coupon

You already follow the openings, argue about the best butter chicken, and plan your week around where to eat. The club makes it official — and the math takes care of itself: use your three credits in a month and the membership has paid for itself three times over.

3 dining credits every month

Each credit is $10 off a check of $40 or more at any club restaurant. One credit per restaurant per month; credits reset on the 1st.

First look at everything

New openings, best-of rankings, and club restaurant announcements — members see it all before anyone else does.

A say in the club

Members vote on which restaurants we bring in next. This is your dining club — you steer where it goes.

A card in your pocket, not an app store

Your member card lives on your phone — add it to your home screen in one tap. No app to download, no password at the table.

How it works

Three steps, no fine-print maze

We kept the mechanics simple enough to explain across a dinner table.

1

Join the club

Pick a plan, get your member card by email, and add it to your home screen in one tap. You’re carrying the club from that moment on.

2

Eat where you were already going

The club launches with a small founding class of Louisville restaurants — one or two per cuisine, chosen deliberately — and members vote on who joins next.

3

Show the green screen

At the table, tap Redeem. A live verification screen comes up, your server takes $10 off your $40+ check, and dinner goes on. That’s the whole ritual.

Founding membership

The first 100 seats are different

Founding members lock the founding rate for as long as they stay members. When seat 100 fills, it’s gone for good.

First 100 · locked for life

$7.99/mo
Founding member

The rate never moves while you’re a member. Founding members also get first pick of everything the club does at launch.

$9.99/mo
Standard · after the first 100

Same credits, same access, same club — just without the founding rate or the founding bragging rights.

Reserve your founding seat

Leave your email and we hold your place in line, in order. No charge today — a reservation is free, and founding spots are offered in the order the list was built.





Reserving costs nothing and holds your number. If you join when doors open, founding payments stay fully refundable until dining credits go live. We’ll email you about the club — and the newsletter only if you keep the box checked.

Questions, answered straight

The fine print, in plain English

What exactly is the Louisville Restaurants Club?

A paid dining membership from the team behind 502 Restaurants. Members fund the club with a monthly fee and get dining credits, first-look access, and a vote on which restaurants join. Restaurants don’t pay us to be in it — which is exactly why we can pick them on merit. Separately, some Louisville restaurants are marketing clients of our parent company, Webiske LLC — a marketing relationship never buys a club seat.

When does it open?

We’re choosing the founding restaurants now and targeting a fall 2026 opening. Founding reservations hear everything first — including the founding restaurant list before it’s public.

What does reserving cost?

Nothing. A reservation holds your seat number, in order. You only pay if you decide to join when doors open — and founding payments stay refundable until dining credits actually go live.

Which restaurants are in?

We’re keeping the founding class small on purpose — one or two per cuisine, citywide. Names get announced to the founding list first. After launch, members vote on every restaurant we add.

How do the credits work day to day?

You get 3 credits a month. Each is $10 off a check of $40 or more at a club restaurant — one credit per restaurant per month, and unused credits reset on the 1st. Cancel anytime yourself in about ten seconds; no phone call, no guilt trip.


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