The Café
The Café is a daytime lunch counter on Brent Street in Paristown. WHAS11 reported on September 28 that USA TODAY named its Queen Anne sandwich one of the best in America. The Queen Anne is built on Benedictine, the cucumber and cream cheese spread created in Louisville by caterer Jennie Benedict and usually served on crackers at Derby parties. The Café makes the spread in house and serves it on walnut wheat bread with sliced cucumber, applewood-smoked bacon and lettuce.
Order the Queen Anne.
This is a lunch counter, not a dinner restaurant, so go midday.
731 Brent St, Suite 102, Louisville, KY 40204 · Website →
The House of Marigold
Opening October 8
Adrienne and Kris Cole open their Norton Commons location at 10715 Meeting Street on Thursday, October 8. It keeps the breakfast and lunch menus from Middletown and adds dinner, with craft cocktails and a coffee program.
October 2 to 4
St. James Court Art Show
Free to walk in. Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm. This is the show’s 70th year.
@ St. James Court, Old Louisville
October 3
noon to 9pm
National Jug Band Jubilee
Nine hours of jug band music at Waterfront Park. No admission charge, with food and craft vendors on site.
@ Brown-Forman Amphitheater, Waterfront Park
October 2
6 to 9pm
Bats Fall Festival
Trick-or-treating on the concourse, pumpkin decorating, a costume contest, and Casper on the videoboard.
@ Louisville Slugger Field
October 1 to 4
Bourbon & Belonging
A four-day bourbon event built around LGBTQ+ culture, with distillery tours, tastings, food pairings and history walks.
@ Venues across Louisville
See every Louisville food event this week, day by day →
- Chef Lawrence Weeks at Murray’s Creole Pub starts serving an Iberico pluma steak on Thursday, finished with Corto’s Calabrian chili olive oil. It runs while supplies last.
- The Haunted Lodge runs downstairs at Trial + Error for the month of October: a candlelit room with classic horror films playing and its own cocktail list.
- The Bourbon and Wine Experience is Friday, October 2 in Crestwood, with more than 125 pours plus dinner, benefiting the South Oldham Rotary Club.
- Boo at the Zoo opens tonight and runs select nights through October 30, 5 to 9pm at the Louisville Zoo, with trick-or-treating for kids 11 and under.
Benedictine: do you order it, or scrape it off?