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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.17 55 THE POST BEST PIZZA RESTAURANT WOODFORD RESERVE BOURBON CHERRIES BEST SMALL GIFT FOR FRIENDS IN OTHER STATES Packed with their stems attached in a stylishly designed 11-ounce jar, these undyed dark-garnet beauties can turn an otherwise ordinary whiskey sour into a magnificent whiskey sour, especially if you add a little jar juice. Made in Oregon under contract with Louisville's Bourbon Barrel Foods, a partner of Brown-Forman, the cherries are macerated in simple syrup without additives, enhanced by a hint of Woodford Reserve. You say your brother-in-law in Chicago has a birthday coming up? He's gonna love you if you send him a jar of these deeply flavored cherries. If he doesn't drink Manhattans or Old Fashioneds or whiskey sours, he can always pour the juice on vanilla ice cream — and make it a sundae with a cherry on top. A jar costs $15 at the Bourbon Barrel Foods retail store on Frankfort Avenue in Crescent Hill. — JW CC When I lived on Lydia Street in Ger- mantown five years ago, I'd frequent- ly drive past 1045 Goss Ave. White vinyl siding enclosed nearly every- thing. Sunlight crept through a tiny round win- dow in the front door. A dingy drop ceiling held twin chandelier fixtures. For years, this had been the Lone Wolf Post, VFW No. 3593, a wood-pan- eled and carpeted hangout for veterans and their families. Working with architecture firm Pickett and Passafiume, Laura Neely and her husband Nash began to transform the space into the New York- style pizza restaurant The Post, which opened in 2015. Vaulted ceiling, exposed joists, inviting porch. "Everything here is brand new, except for the skeleton of the building," she says. "The floors are original, over 100 years old." They repurposed slats from the attic to build the ramp leading to the bar. Families who have lived in the neighbor- hood for generations comment on the building's former life. "That's why I really wanted to respect the heritage of this place and bring new life to it. It kind of helps blend the young and the old." Remnants of the Lone Wolf remain: an origi- nal "Chicken Dinner" sign found in the building hangs on the wall, along with American flags and photos from the Ladies Auxillary. A card table printed with the Lone Wolf's 3593 post number hangs on the far wall. The Neelys found it at the Crazy Daisy antique mall. "We had to buy it," Laura Neely says. "It belongs here." Pizza names hark back to the building's heritage, from the Army Brat (beer bratwurst and sauerkraut) to the Liberty Bell (steak and a drizzle of beer cheese). The Lone Wolf is a meat-heavy pizza. "Maybe it would have been fine if we had just been something random or some other kind of theme," Laura Neely says, "but it's nice when people come in and say, 'I remember this.'" (1045 Goss Ave.) — JK RC RC Crazy Daisy opened in 2007 and, since year two, has needed to keep a waiting list of vendors, which now numbers in the hundreds. That's because the antique mall's 80 vendors and 150 booths — in a 20,000-square-foot building where Clifton and Butchertown meet — are popular with both locals and out-of-towners. It's not unusual to see a musician passing through while in town on tour (Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins; the guitarist from Social Distortion; Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers with his wife, actress/Louisville native Jennifer Carpenter). When My Morning Jacket played on The Late Show with David Letterman, owner Kelly McCall noticed a taxidermied donkey head onstage, a piece MMJ frontman Jim James picked up at the mall not too long before the performance. Recently, McCall sold a full Brazilian Carnival bird costume, shiny and blue. Every once in a while she'll spot a little wooden cage that had once been used in a coal mine, the canary long gone. Occasionally, an art-hunter will stumble upon an oil painting worth thousands. Artistic ashtrays always catch McCall's eye. "I love looking at all of it," she says. "I love beautiful things." (1430 Mellwood Ave.) — ME CRAZY DAISY BEST ANTIQUE/ VINTAGE STORE