Kentucky

Some people dread the move out of a longtime family house, and then a few months later they…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 22

Some kitchens hand down recipes. This one handed down a whole legacy, and a daughter crossed the country…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 21

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep doing what works. Out in Winchester, Kentucky, there is a…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 21

Some sandwiches are lunch, and some are a project that needs both hands and a plan. Louisville has…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 21

Some of the best meals in Kentucky come in a bowl, not on a fancy plate. All across…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 20

Some meals are planned for weeks, and some happen because a hungry family pulls off the interstate and…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 20

Louisville is famous for horses, bats, and hot browns, so a bowl of matzo ball soup might be…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 20

Plenty of travelers on I-75 know the bucket, the beard, and the white suit, yet very few realize…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 19

Some folks drive half an hour out of their way for one plate of food. Others have kept…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 19

Some breakfast spots chase trends. This one has been ignoring them since 1946, and Covington seems pretty happy…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 18

Western Kentucky takes its barbecue seriously, and the proof is piled high on paper plates from Owensboro to…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 18

Some road trips start with a map, and some start with a craving for pie. In Berea, Kentucky,…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 17

Kentucky is famous for horses, bourbon country tours, and rolling hills, not alligator. Yet in Elizabethtown, a small…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 17

A fast food fish sandwich is fine in a pinch, but Kentucky has better ideas. Across the state,…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 17

Some Kentucky dining rooms are older than the state itself, and one of them still opens its doors…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 16

Some places earn loyalty with fancy menus, and others earn it with one simple bowl of beer cheese.…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 16

Chicago likes to think it owns the thick pizza crown, but Louisville has been quietly building its own…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 16

Some of the best dinners in Kentucky are hiding where nobody thinks to look. In the small town…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 15

Some restaurants chase trends every season. Others pick a plan decades ago and simply keep doing it, night…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 15

Kentucky takes its fried chicken seriously, and Lexington is no exception. Plenty of big names compete for attention…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 15

Some of the best lunches in Louisville do not come with a host stand, a printed wine list,…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 14

Some road trips are planned around museums, and some are planned around lunch. In the small town of…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 14

A true Philly cheesesteak lives or dies by two things: the steak and the roll. Get either one…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 14

Kentucky barbecue is not one single style, and that is the fun part. Head west and you will…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 13

Out around Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, a fried catfish dinner is more than a meal. It is…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 13

Kentucky may be famous for fried chicken and hot browns, but plenty of folks here crave a good…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 13

A green tomato is just a tomato that has not turned red yet, but in Kentucky it gets…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 12

Pick one meat, pick three sides, and wait for the cornbread to land on the table. That simple…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 12

Picture a big blue lake, quiet streets, and a house payment that does not eat your whole Social…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 11

Some restaurants have dining rooms, valet parking, and fancy menus. This one has a walk-up window, a couple…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 11

Ask anybody raised in Kentucky about soup beans and cornbread, and you will probably get a story about…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 10

Fall in Kentucky has a way of pulling families out of the house and onto country roads. Somewhere…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 10

Ask ten Kentuckians where to find the best biscuits and gravy, and you might get ten different answers,…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 10

Kentucky has a long memory, and some of its oldest buildings seem to hold onto stories that never…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 9

Some Kentucky pizza places have been feeding the same families for close to 50 years. They started back…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 9

Some Kentucky families mark the start of fall by a date on the calendar, while others mark it…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 9

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the coffee coming for more than a century. On a…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 8

Some diners get a makeover and lose their soul along the way. This one in Newport, Kentucky, skipped…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 8

Some meals are worth a short road trip, and a plate of nachos rarely gets that kind of…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 8