New In Town? Maybe just new to Weightless? Get the 411 on the 5-0-Lou.
Obviously when you visit Louisville you can go to Churchill Downs, tour the Slugger Museum, tour the Distilleries and sip Bourbon to your hearts content while picking a banjo down Fourth Street Live! but this is a short list of some of the places the people of Weightless patron. We wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction!
Louisville’s got some fun retail establishments. Antiques, thrifting, boutiques, and uniquely “Louisville” places.
Louisville's food scene is off the charts! Being nestled in the Ohio River Valley gives this region the prime conditions for growing a wide variety of vegetables and fruit. So if you're looking for BBQ, tacos, pho, or a vegan menu that spans the globe you are in luck! These are just a few of our favorite places. If you enjoy your experience at any of our recommendations please leave them a review! They'll appreciate it!
Food & Bev
Casual and delicious
Bar Veti - incredible food, beautiful atmosphere, and amazing service in Downtown Nulu.
Mayan Cafe - The best food in the city. Top 100 in the country. It'll knock the socks off your date and not the cash from your bank!
Royals Hot Chicken - They have spicy fried chicken and champagne BUT they also have the dankest fried tofu sandwich in the world! It's like the vegan's McDonalds.
FOKO - Amazing Mexican / Southern food collaboration by local famous Chef Paco Garcia and Josh Gonzalez. A dream of highlighting the representative balance of Mexico and the American South, not only as food but as a culture as well. A dream of creating a restaurant representative of both our authentic Mexican heritage and American southern upbringing.
Logan Street Market - Louisville’s urban public market. 30+ Local Chefs, Artisans, & Merchants. Four in-house restaurants for dining, including the FOKO, by Chef Paco Garcia and Josh Gonzalez Gaona. Plus specialty crafts and wares. Logan Street Market is the home of Wild Hops microbrewery and Safai specialty coffee roasters. Cooking experiences, murals from local artists, live music and community events.
The Merrywether - Funky vibes spot with drinks, food pop ups, and arcade games.
Galaxie - Late afternoon margarita or late night dancing in Galaxie's 'Outer Space' back space.
Nouvel - Wine bar in Nulu with the best patio and selection of wines. Romantic like a secret garden.
Hammerheads - Best BBQ in town, hands down. They don’t take reservations, so be prepared to wait a few minutes if they’re busy, but there’s a reason they are the best.
North of Bourbon - Germantown bourbon bar fusing Louisville with New Orleans.
Game - Meat! From prime angus to bison, elk, kangaroo, and alpaca, you can have it all at GAME. Trust us.
Gravely - local brewery, music venue, and food truck joint. The beer is delicious, the vibe is on point, the music is always good, and the Mayan Cafe food truck is out. of. this. world.
Nam Nam - Don't be fooled by other Vietnamese restaurants selling Pho. Nam Nam is the best. They also use local ingredients and no MSG!
Ramsis Cafe on the World - Ramsis' menu is absurd. It's so big, so accommodating and has food from every continent ten times over! (exaggerated). They also serve dinner until 1am and do $10 bottles of wine after 10pm...
Dragon Kings Daughter - If we are going to get sushi its at DKD on Bardstown Rd. They also have a whole latin american food fusion thing going on there which sounds weird but its not and you shouldn't be scared.
Queen of Sheba - Ethiopian food. It's so good. We dream of Sheba in our sleep. The lentils, the veggies, the bread... it's incredible.
The Post - Pizza and Beer! Delicious NY style pizza, lots of beers on tap and a badass staff that you just want to give all your tips to!
Jack Fry’s - a Louisville establishment. And for a damn good reason, too.
Breakfast or Brunch
Some are breakfast, some are brunch, some are both. Don't blame us if you mess this up!!
FOKO - Amazing Mexican / Southern food collaboration by local famous Chef Paco Garcia and Josh Gonzalez. A dream of highlighting the representative balance of Mexico and the American South, not only as food but as a culture as well. A dream of creating a restaurant representative of both our authentic Mexican heritage and American southern upbringing.
Logan Street Market - Louisville’s urban public market. 30+ Local Chefs, Artisans, & Merchants. Four in-house restaurants for dining, including the FOKO, by Chef Paco Garcia and Josh Gonzalez Gaona. Plus specialty crafts and wares. Logan Street Market is the home of Wild Hops microbrewery and Safai specialty coffee roasters. Cooking experiences, murals from local artists, live music and community events.
Germantown Social - Awesome, simple brunch on Sundays with strong drinks and good music.
Grale Haus - Housed inside an original Highlands Victorian home built in 1905. This former residential home has been converted into a working espresso & coffee haus & cafe on the 1st floor with three guest rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor. Adjacently located to local favorite Holy Grale, gralehaus shares the picturesque biergarten (the gralegarten), offering beautiful outdoor and seasonal seating. There really isn’t a better place to relax and enjoy all that gralehaus has to offer!
Wild Eggs - The menu is huge, and the food is delicious. Located in NuLu.
21C - A spectacular dining room, delicious brunch, and located in the first floor of the art gallery/hotel 21C. Located in NuLu.
The Silver Dollar - A whiskey Bar with a honky tonk brunch that'll put you in a southern comfort food coma. Located on Frankfort Ave.
The Hub - A hopping video night club and home to a great brunch menu! Located on Frankfort Ave.
Con Huevos - The most delicious Mexican breakfast and lunch you've ever experienced. Located on Frankfort Ave.
Le Moo - Steak house and Brunch with a Big Menu with Big Items making Big Statements. Grandma’s bridge party turned into a sleepover and everyone ate Captain Crunch out of goblets and filet mignon.
Coffee/Tea
If Starbucks is your thing, that's cool, but while you're trying out all sorts of new things in a different city give these coffee/tea shops a try while you're at it!
Safai - where we buy our bulk coffee as well as our cups on-the-go. They have a great ambiance for working as well as sitting talking with a friend, and there plant game is on point! They also have a location in Logan Street Market.
Bean Coffee - Local germantown coffee spot with good vibes by good people.
Louisville Tea Company - A great spot to source tea locally in Louisville.
Quills - Right up the street from Weightless and the establishment responsible for feeding Chelsea's almond laté addiction.
Please and Thank You - Great coffee, cold brew bottles to-go that are like rocket fuel, and they have THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES ON EARTH!!
Fullstop Coffee - Their mission was simple- do all the things that make filling stations great (convenience, candy, hot coffee) and don’t do all the things that make them terrible.
Snacks
Sometimes you're not hungry enough for a full lunch or dinner but you could definitely snack on a lil sum'sum'.
Louisville Cream - The flavor profiles of these ice creams are pure insanity! Best ice cream in Louisville-- hands down.
Hi-5 Doughnuts - Donuts! The Ladies of the Morning...dem ladies' dough!
Please and Thank You Cookies (at Please and Thank You coffee Shop)
Steel City Pops - You didn't know such gourmet popsicles could ever exist!
Drinks
Lots of Bourbon to be imbibed in this town. You can find it on Fourth Street Live or you could find it somewhere else! We have a wide array of bourbon bars, cocktail lounges, breweries, and dives. Pick your poison.
Galaxie - Late afternoon margarita or late night dancing in Galaxie's 'Outer Space' back space.
Rye - A classy joint with a warm and welcoming bar, enormous spirit collection, and a local food menu that will surely impress a friend, family member or loved one.
TAJ - a unique spirits bar in NULU with a fun, funky history. You will feel like a local.
Holy Grale - A beer haus in an old church! There rotating tap selections spans the globe.
Gravely - local brewery, music venue, and food truck joint. The beer is delicious, the vibe is on point, the music is always good, and the Mayan Cafe food truck is out. of. this. world.
Mile Wide Brewery - handcrafted interesting and flavorful beer, brewed to the highest standards of quality, right here in Louisville.
Proof - A classy bar where you can get a drink and tour the 21C Art Gallery and Hotel. If you don't know what 21C is then you should Google that like, now.
The Post - Pizza n Beern Sports (if you want)! The BEST pizza in the city. NY style, and there pizza menu is as creative as it is gigantic! Get yourself some!
The Pearl - local neighborhood bar. Nothin’ fancy. Always fun.
Against The Grain - a badass brewery and restaurant attached to Louisville's own Slugger Stadium and the home of The Bats.
Monnik - A brewpub located in the heart of the Schnitzelburg neighborhood of Louisville, Ky. Delicious beer, tasty German-style food, and a cozy environment.
Entertainment
If you're trying to catch a big name act or a local rising celebrity at a hole-in-the-wall club or...
Norae Bar - Karaoke in private rooms or on the main stage! Awesome bar selection, patio, and staff!
Flying Axes - Drink beer and throw axes with your friends at this amazingly fun spot!
High Horse Bar - a local bar that feels straight out of a Wed Anderson film. Great drinks, tasty food, great people, and good live music. What more can you ask for? Vibes, you say? They got all the vibes.
Gravely - local brewery, music venue, and food truck joint. The beer is delicious, the vibe is on point, the music is always good, and the Mayan Cafe food truck is out. of. this. world.
Whirling Tiger - Timeless mid century vibe bar and music venue in the Butchertown neighborhood. So. Cool.
The Butchertown Social - A bar, eatery, small venue art gallery with one of the best vibes in town. It's our spot!
Revelry Boutique Gallery - 'Rev' as it's affectionately called in the colloquial circles of social life-- this art gallery will BLOW YOUR MIND. It's not a stuffy, 'stay-behind-the-tape-line-on-the-floor' kind of place, but invites you to interact with the art, and get a sense of the local art scene in Louisville.
Headliners - Right BEHIND weightless! Awesome shows, big and small, local and nat./internat. You'll find artists playing headliners floating at Weightless before their shows or after, latenight!
Iroquois Amphiteatre - Located in Iroquois Park, the amphitheater hosts plays, local acts, and world famous musicians.
Mercury - A LIVENATION venue. They bring in some big acts. Downtown location.
The Palace - A LIVENATION venue. The biggest and most beautifulest venue in this city. It's where the legends play. And its right next to the Mercury
The Flea off Market - always live music, dance, drum circles and more at the Flea Off!
Outdoors
Don't let the nightlife swallow you like one too many Old Fashions! And if it does, at least get outside the next day and nurse your hangover in the sweet embrace of a beautiful Kentucky day. We have parks, rivers, bike paths, bridges, caves, and outdoor markets!
The Big 4: Walking Bridge - a beautiful pedestrian bridge that stretches from Kentucky to Indiana over the Ohio River, and on both sides are waterfront parks with bikes to rent, food to eat, and music to see.
Cave Hill - a gigantic and historic cemetery housing the likes of Colonel Sanders, the woman who wrote the lyrics to the Happy Birthday song and Muhammad Ali. You could spend days in Cave Hill.
Cherokee Park/Loop - one of the many parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (Central Park, NYC). Cherokee park is a large land reserve of rolling hills with a pedestrian and driving loop as well as biking and hiking trails, creeks, and sports fields. We always take our dog Ganado to the Dog Hill dog park there.
St. James Court - a dazzling neighborhood of victorian houses and mansions that offer tours as well as house some of Louisville's local college kids.
The Flea off Market - the best flea market in Louisville! It happens month down on the East side of Market Street in the Fresh Start Growers Supply parking lot. There's vendors, food trucks, drinks, music, and more!
RETAIL:
“Louisville”
What the Lou?
Lou-A-Bull
Revelry
Peace of Earth
Plant Stores:
Forage
Mahonia
Vintage / Thrift
Hey Tiger
Dot Fox
Fat Rabbit
HIM’s Gentleman’s Boutique
Record Stores
Book and Music Exchange
Better Days Records
Matt Anthony
Surface Noise
Please and Thank You
Farmers Markets
there are quite a few fantastic farmers markets in this city but these are a few of our favorites.
Bardstown Road Farmers Market (Saturday 8am-12pm)
Douglas Loop Farmers Market (Saturday 10am-2pm)
St. Matthews Farmers Market (8am-12pm)
Schnitzelburg Farmers Market - Germantown Farmers Market
Rainbow Blossom Farmers Market - the best local organic grocery store, with several locations, also has a magnificent farmers market on Saturdays!
The Flea off Market - the best flea market in Louisville! It happens month down on the East side of Market Street in the Fresh Start Growers Supply parking lot. There's vendors, food trucks, drinks, music, and more!