Best Bar: Butchertown
High Horse
Whirling Tiger
TEN20 Craft Brewery
Best Bar: Clifton/Crescent Hill
Hilltop Tavern
Pretty Decent
Frankfort Avenue Liquors & Wine
Best Bar: Downtown
Meta Bar
Number 15
Bar Expo
Best Bar: East Louisville
Club K9 Dog Park & Bar
Air Devils Inn
Off The Rails Tasting Room & Wine Depot
Best Bar: Germantown/Schnitzelburg
The Merryweather
Hauck’s Corner ShopBar (tie)
The Pearl
Best Bar: Highlands
PG&J’s Dog Park Bar
Big Bar Darlings
Best Bar: NuLu
Corridor Bar
Bar Genevieve at Hotel Genevieve
Garage Bar
Best Bar: S. Indiana
The Alcove
Wine Shop New Albany
Pints & Union
Best Bar: South Louisville
Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
O’Dolly’s Lounge & Restaurant
Golden Nugget
Best Bar: St. Matthews
Never Say Die The Fox Den (tie)
Saints Pizza Pub & SkyBar
The Raven Irish Pub
Best Bar: West Louisville
Birdie&Vi’s Fleatique
Shippingport Brewing
Kyros Brewing
Best Bartender
Alanna Hudson – Rubbies Southside Grill and Bar
Brandon Hayden – Big Bar
Kevin Turner – 80/20 @ Kaelins
Emily Sego – Darlings Brewing (tie)
Best Beer List
Four Pegs Smokehouse
Sergio’s World Beers
Atrium Brewing
Best Bourbon List
Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar
North of Bourbon
Watch Hill Proper
Best Cocktail
The Shutdown – ShopBar
Old Fashioned – Rubbies Southside Bar & Grill
Penicillin – Tartan House
Best Dive Bar
The Merryweather
Nachbar
The Pearl of Germantown
Best Hotel Bar
Bar Genevieve – Hotel Genevieve
Proof on Main – 21C Museum Hotel
Repeal Oak Fired Steakhouse – Hotel Distil
Best Local Craft Beer
Atrium Brewing
Gravely Brewing Mile Wide Beer Company (tie)
Monnik Beer Co.
Best Margarita
The Merryweather
ShopBar
El Mundo
Best Wine List
The Breeze / Canary Club
Nouvelle Bar & Bottle
Off The Rails Tasting Room & Wine Depot
This article appears in October 11, 2023.