Kentucky

Somewhere near the Tennessee line, a stone and timber lodge sits on a bluff above a lake so…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 11

Some of the best dinner tables in Kentucky are not downtown at all. They sit at the end…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 11

Interstate 75 cuts right through the middle of Kentucky, and the best meals along it are not always…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 10

Some steak dinners just taste better when the walls are made of wood and the town has one…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 10

A day of distillery tours in central Kentucky usually means a lot of driving on two-lane roads through…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 10

Some of the best pie in Kentucky is not found in a big city. It sits on quiet…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 9

Some lunch spots hide behind big signs and bigger menus. The one in this story hides inside a…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 9

Most people head to a drugstore for cough drops and prescriptions, not a burger and a milkshake. In…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 8

Some trails save their best views for the months when most people stay home. In eastern Kentucky, a…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 8

Summer crowds love a good rock arch, and that is exactly the problem. Parking lots fill up, the…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 7

Kentucky does not touch an ocean, but it sure knows how to fry a fish. Some of the…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 7

Tucked into the hills of southeastern Kentucky, there is a lodge where every room comes with a balcony…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 7

Some Sunday meals are about more than food. In Kentucky, a handful of old inns, taverns, and dinner…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 6

While most of Kentucky is still asleep, a handful of bakers are already rolling dough, frying rings, and…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 6

Louisville has always taken breakfast a little more seriously than most cities. For years, locals lined up at…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 6

Most waterfalls clock out when the sun goes down. One river in southeastern Kentucky keeps working the night…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 5

Most road trips through central Kentucky follow the same famous trail, with visitors hopping from one historic town…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 5

Some folks in Kentucky will happily burn a tank of gas for one good meal. They pass horse…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 5

In Kentucky, a good catfish dinner usually means a drive down a country highway, past farm fields and…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 4

Some Lexington restaurants come and go faster than a semester. One burger counter near the University of Kentucky…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 4

Some Kentucky taverns were already serving supper when horses still outnumbered cars on Main Street, and a few…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 4

Some Kentucky towns are known for horses, and some for history, but Danville has a small shop that…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 3

Some restaurants chase trends. Others simply keep the grill hot and let the decades roll past the front…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 3

Some families split the drive from Lexington and Louisville just to meet at one table in Frankfort, and…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 3

Most barbecue towns argue about pork or brisket. Owensboro, Kentucky, has a different answer, and it is mutton.…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 2

When the wind starts whipping off the Ohio River, Northern Kentucky folks know exactly where to go. They…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 2

Some Kentucky restaurants have outlasted trends, highways, and a whole century of menu fads, all while keeping the…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 1

Plenty of Kentucky ice cream stands lock up when the first cold snap hits, but a stubborn few…

By Mason Whitaker · Nov 1

Kentucky’s small towns were built around rail lines and busy Main Streets, and many of those old buildings…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 31

Some places still run on a simple rule: when someone passes by, you wave and say good morning.…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 31

In a lot of Kentucky towns, the real news of the day gets shared over eggs and coffee…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 31

Some Lexington diners chase trends, and some stay loyal to the plate lunch. This one picked loyalty years…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 30

Middlesboro sits inside an ancient crater, and locals like to say the best things here are worth the…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 30

Some small towns have a water tower, a courthouse, and one little restaurant that everybody seems to know…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 30

Some of the best lunches in Kentucky are served next to the gas pumps, the canning jars, and…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 29

Some of the best meals in Kentucky come from small counters, vinyl booths, and kitchens that have fed…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 29

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the coffee pot on and the doors open at six…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 29

Some Kentucky dining rooms have been feeding families since before anyone had a car to drive there. This…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 28

In Hopkinsville, Kentucky, there is one question that gets the same answer almost every time. Ask where to…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 28