Lounges

Cave City, Kentucky

Cave City serves the Mammoth Cave National Park tourism economy with a distinctive Western Kentucky community character. Mammoth Cave's extraordinary geological significance (it is the world's longest known cave system, with 400+ mapped miles of passages) and the surrounding Kentucky karst landscape create a tourism-driven lounge culture shaped by one of the most spectacular natural wonders in North America.

Mammoth Cave Pkwy, Cave City, KY 42127

Frankfort, Kentucky

Frankfort is the smallest state capital in America — a beautiful Kentucky River city where the Buffalo Trace Distillery (producing the most allocated and sought-after bourbons in America), the remarkable Kentucky State Capitol, and the outstanding local dining create a cocktail lounge culture at the intersection of Kentucky government and bourbon heritage. Buffalo Trace's extraordinary position as the producer of Pappy Van Winkle (the world's most sought-after bourbon) creates a cocktail market of remarkable Kentucky spirits significance.

St Clair St, Frankfort, KY 40601

Louisville, Kentucky

21c Museum Hotel Louisville is the most artistically innovative hotel bar in Kentucky — a Downtown Louisville art museum hotel whose provocative contemporary art installations and outstanding craft cocktails create a bar experience at the intersection of visual art and mixology. Louisville's remarkable contemporary arts renaissance and 21c's extraordinary art hotel concept create a cocktail lounge of genuine Kentucky arts and hospitality innovation significance.

700 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202

Louisville, Kentucky

Churchill Downs's multiple bars and lounges serve guests of the world's most famous horse racing venue — home of the Kentucky Derby since 1875. From the exclusive Turf Club to the infield's informal bars, Churchill Downs's hospitality infrastructure serves 150,000+ Derby Day guests and year-round racing fans, with adjacent historical racing gaming machines making it one of Kentucky's most active gaming venues.

700 Central Ave 40208

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville's Downtown cocktail lounge scene reflects the remarkable bourbon renaissance transforming Kentucky's largest city into one of America's premier spirits tourism destinations. Louisville's extraordinary bourbon trail (over 1 million visitors annually tour Kentucky distilleries), its outstanding restaurant scene, and its genuine creative arts community create a cocktail lounge culture of remarkable American whiskey tourism significance.

Market St, Louisville, KY 40202

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville's Highlands cocktail scene presents outstanding bourbon-forward cocktails in one of the most vibrant neighborhood entertainment districts in the South. Louisville's remarkable combination of world-class bourbon heritage, outstanding dining, and genuine community arts investment creates a cocktail lounge environment of authentic Kentucky creative city significance.

Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville's Highlands neighborhood is Kentucky's most culturally vibrant entertainment district — a walkable South End community surrounding Bardstown Road where outstanding restaurants, craft bars, and intimate venues create one of the South's most complete neighborhood entertainment experiences. The Highlands' combination of beautiful Victorian architecture, craft bourbon bars, and a creative professional community creates an entertainment culture that reflects Louisville at its most authentically Kentuckian.

Highlands, Louisville, KY 40204

Louisville, Kentucky

NuLu's bourbon lounge scene is one of America's most extraordinary whiskey drinking environments — a Louisville neighborhood where the world's finest bourbon collection, combined with Kentucky's extraordinary whiskey culture, creates cocktail lounges of global significance. Louisville's position at the center of the bourbon universe (95% of the world's bourbon is made within 50 miles of the city) creates a whiskey lounge experience available nowhere else on Earth.

NuLu, Louisville, KY 40202

Murray, Kentucky

Murray State University creates a vibrant college town entertainment scene in western Kentucky — a community where Kentucky Lake (the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi), Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and MSU's outstanding academic programs create a college town lounge culture shaped by the most remarkable outdoor recreation landscape in Kentucky.

Main St, Murray, KY 42071

Pikeville, Kentucky

Pikeville serves the heart of Appalachian Kentucky — a remarkable Big Sandy River valley community where the extraordinary Hatfields and McCoys feud heritage (the most famous feud in American history took place in the mountains surrounding Pikeville), the remarkable coal mining culture, and the genuine Appalachian musical tradition create a lounge culture of deep American mountain community heritage significance.

US-23, Pikeville, KY 41501