Kentucky

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

Some Louisville restaurants chase trends every season, and one stubborn steakhouse on the east side has spent decades…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 7

Some restaurants announce themselves with flashy billboards. This one parks a fishing boat out front and lets the…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 7

When the leaves start turning in Kentucky, a lot of us start thinking about one thing: pie. Fried…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 7

Some meals are worth planning a whole day around, and a good Kentucky buffet is one of them.…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 6

Most ice cream has no idea where it came from. The scoop in your cup usually traveled through…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 6

Some people set an alarm for work. Others set one for doughnuts, and in Louisville, that second group…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 6

Some of the best tacos in Kentucky are served at counters in strip malls, grocery stores, and small…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 5

Kentucky once had hundreds of covered bridges, and today only a small handful remain. Some still let you…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 5

Some of the busiest tables in Frankfort sit along a quiet country road, right across from a creek…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 4

Some breakfast places are a quick stop on the way to somewhere else. Others become the reason people…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 4

Some places in Louisville have been feeding families since before most grandparents were born, and one of them…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 3

A great smash burger is simple: a ball of beef, a hot flat-top, and a firm press that…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 3

A tiny downtown in central Kentucky has quietly turned into a stop worth the gas money, and word…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 3

Some restaurants greet you with a menu. This one greets you with a bowl of white beans and…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 2

Some spots build their reputation on one dish, and word travels fast when that dish is worth the…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 2

Chaplin, Kentucky, is the kind of small town where missing a single turn can mean missing a really…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 2

Somewhere in Louisville, a single warehouse holds decades of American living room history, split into more booths than…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 1

Somewhere between a Kentucky parkway exit and the shores of Lake Cumberland, a small cafe keeps getting recommended…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 1

Some Louisville steakhouses chase trends, and one quiet spot on the east side has spent more than 40…

By Mason Whitaker · Oct 1

Some Louisville families have been loading up plates at the same buffet for nearly three decades, and they…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 30

Some people in Lexington plan their whole week around a basket of chips and a few small bowls…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 30

Tuesday is usually the most forgettable day of the week, stuck between a Monday reset and a Wednesday…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 30

Most of the flour in a grocery store comes from giant factories that nobody ever gets to see.…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 29

Kentucky country ham is salty, rich, and made with the kind of patience most foods never get, since…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 29

Kentucky may be famous for fried chicken and country ham biscuits, but a quiet bagel scene has been…

By Mason Whitaker · Sep 29