Louisville Magazine

JUN 2013

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RESTAURANTS 610 Magnolia (2003) 610 W. Magnolia Ave. // 636-0783 610magnolia.com Chef Edward Lee's restaurant cooks a modern farm-to-table cuisine with global infuences. Abyssinia (2013) 554 S. Fifth St. // 384-8347 abyssiniaauthenticethiopian.com Authentic Ethiopian cuisine right downtown. Addis Grill 109 S. Fourth St. // 581-1011 addisgrill.com This menu, popular during the lunchtime hour, has Mediterranean, Mexican and Ethiopian infuences. Against the Grain (2011) inCLUDES: DOWNTOWN | OLD Louisville | Limerick HISTORY 5·FACTS In the beginning, Louisville lived off that transportation-commerce heart known as the Ohio River. Three 90-foot-wide streets — Main, Market and Jefferson — ran east-west, parallel to the river, and numbered streets that were 60 feet wide ran north-south. By 1830, Louisville was Kentucky's largest city. That was the same year that the Louisville and Portland Canal made it possible to navigate the Falls of the Ohio, the only signifcant barrier between Pittsburgh and the Ohio's juncture with the Mississippi River. The city's frst skyscraper, the 10-story Columbia Building, was made of pressed red brick and completed in the early 1890s at the corner of Fourth and Main streets. Its height surpassed the Kenyon Building on South Fifth Street, which was actually Louisville's frst skyscraper if you think six stories qualifes. The Columbia's demolition took place in 1966, replaced by a 24-story high-rise erected by the Louisville Trust Co. At 549 feet, the Aegon Center — fne, Mercer Tower — is Kentucky's tallest building. Many suburbs — including Crescent Hill, the Highlands and Old Louisville — developed along streetcar lines from downtown. In the 1920s, the intersection of Fourth Street and Broadway was the heart of the city, dubbed "magic corner" by the Louisville Herald-Post. The Yum! Center looks like a smaller version of the printer in our offce. 401 E. Main St. // 515-0174 atgbrewery.com Part restaurant, part brewery, part smokehouse, Against the Grain stepped up to fll the void left at Louisville Slugger Field when Browning's closed. Several rotating varieties of beer are brewed on the premises, and the menu aims to please carnivores and vegetarians with selections like beer-can chicken, pan-seared duck and tempeh pulled pork. Amici (2006) 316 W. Ormsby Ave. // 637-3167 amicicafelouisville.com The Northern Italian cuisine tastes best when dining in the romantic courtyard AP Grocery and Deli 225 S. Fifth St. // 584-6203 Great if you're looking for a quick bite for lunch. Bearno's by the Bridge (1977) 131 W. Main St. // 584-7437 bearnos.com Pizza. Buffet. Bendoya Sushi Bar (2000) 215 S. Fifth St. // 581-0700 You may need to sit down when we tell you this: Bendoya will deliver sushi to your downtown offce. Bistro 301 (2006) 301 W. Market St. // 584-8337 bistro301.com Located in a historic building on the lively corner of Third and Market streets, this downtown bistro offers an array of salads and sandwiches and a hearty selection of entrées for dinner. Bluegrass Brewing Co. (2010) 300 W. Main St. // 562-0007 bbcbrew.com This is our favorite spot to grab a beer before a concert or Cards game. And don't forget about BBC's Theatre Square location on Fourth Street. Bristol Bar & Grille 614 W. Main St. // 582-1995 bristolbarandgrille.com See Highlands entry. Buck's (1992) 425 W. Ormsby Ave. // 637-5284 bucksrestaurantandbar.com This beautiful Old Louisville restaurant located in the Mayfower apartment building features ornate decor and china dinnerware that hark back to a more refned era. Caviar Japanese Restaurant 416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. // 6253090 caviarsushibar.com The Russian roll contains delicious deep-fried lobster. GREATEST HIT 46 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 6.13 China Inn (1986) Sitting in the bleachers, watching the Bats in the glow of a setting sun. In the winter: the Cards at the Yum!, aka "The Printer." 1925 S. Fourth St. // 636-2020 chinainnlouisville.com China Inn serves bowls of its Gway Theo soup — beef, rice, bean sprouts, leeks, cilantro and olive oil — "from time to time" on Mondays and Tuesdays. And you can't order it as take-out. Our suggestion? Call ahead, make sure the Gway Theo is on the menu, and wait out front until China Inn opens.

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