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40 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.15 30 for 30 New Restaurant Louvino Mesh Feast (NuLu location) Fine Dining Restaurant Jack Fry's Varanese Jeff Ruby's Breakfast Wild Eggs Toast North End Cafe Steaks Jeff Ruby's Pat's Steakhouse Ruth's Chris Indian Restaurant Shalimar Kashmir Dakshin Asian Restaurant Simply Thai August Moon Joy Luck Middle Eastern Restaurant Grape Leaf Shiraz Safer Italian Restaurant Vincenzo's Volare Porcini Latin American Restaurant Havana Rumba El Nopal Guaca Mole PEOPLE'S CHOICE Photo by Adam Mescan Best Bar Commonwealth Tap 9411 Norton Commons Blvd. Commonwealth Tap's slogan: "Life is too short to drink bad wine." And the bar — in perfectly manicured Norton Commons, on a street that resem- bles Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives — sells some 350 wines by the bottle and also pours two, four or eight ounces for about $1 an ounce. Outside, customers clink glasses and line up at the on-street ordering window. Inside, a Barry Manilow lookalike serenades the small room, furnished with wood tables and tall upholstered stools. Commonwealth only offers a cheese plate for food, so a couple has brought in Chinese for dinner. But none of that is why I'm here. Commonwealth, which opened in 2013, also stocks more than 100 bourbons. And I want to know which one to drink to toast Best of Louisville's 30th anniversary. Take it away, general manager Kenny Andreozzi: "Old Forester's signa- ture 100 proof is great for making cocktails; being 100 proof, it stands out for any mixer. Old Fitzgerald is another good one, though it's hard to fnd. However, it is put into a Larceny special batch that is defnitely available. A personal favorite of mine is Old Grand-Dad 100 proof. It's a 'bottled in bond' sipping whiskey that's readily available and easy to recommend because it's a delicious yet underrated old label." So, then, you're saying drink all four of them? — Ashley Hoff PEOPLE'S CHOICE