Buck’s Restaurant & Bar
Buck’s is a fine dining room in the historic Mayflower building in Old Louisville, with flower arrangements throughout the dining room and live piano every night. It is on the Urban Bourbon Trail and lists more than 50 bourbons behind the bar.
The prosciutto wrapped lamb rack, cast iron seared with rosemary and served with shrimp over saffron mashed potatoes.
Dinner runs until 10 on Friday and Saturday and the room is closed Sundays, so book a festival-weekend table for Friday or Saturday. Lunch is weekdays, 11 to 2.
425 W. Ormsby Ave, Louisville, KY 40203 · Website →
Saraga International Grocery
Opened September 24
The international grocery chain opened its first Louisville store on September 24, in the former Lucky’s Market space. The store is about 34,000 square feet.
gates 11am Thursday
Bourbon & Beyond
Single-day general admission is $236. Foo Fighters headline Thursday, Mumford & Sons Friday, Chris Stapleton Saturday and Dave Matthews Band Sunday, with bourbon tastings and chef demos alongside the music.
@ Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center
September 26
Bourbon Barons of Cave Hill Cemetery Golf Cart Tour
$30, reservations required. The cart tour visits the graves of the people who built the Kentucky distilling industry.
@ Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue
September 27
5 to 7pm
Bluegrass Jams at Feast BBQ
No cover. The Louisville Bluegrass Band hosts, and any musician can bring an instrument and sit in.
@ Feast BBQ NuLu, 909 E. Market Street
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Bourbon & Beyond weekend. How are you eating?