Near-southsiders have a soft spot for the dusky joint on the edge of downtown that once housed a local favorite, The Ice House. The neon-lit honky-tonk bar took on a Read more [...]
Joella’s Hot Chicken
Price: $You’ll find plenty of Hoosiers standing in line at this Louisville-based chain, hungry for crispy, Nashville-style hot chicken finished in spicy, chili-infused oil. Diners choose from six intensity levels, from Read more [...]
LouVino
Price: $$The name combines the original location (Louisville) and all things wine (vino), so you can expect Southern-inspired comfort food and fermented grapes aplenty (more than 70 wines available by the Read more [...]
Maxine’s Chicken & Waffles
Price: $$If fried potatoes, salmon croquettes, and cooked cabbage were staples on your family’s dinner table growing up, you‘ll feel right at home here. The challenge is choosing just one thing Read more [...]
The Eagle
Price: $$Just try to resist the honky-tonk, country-fried charms of this Cincinnati-based eatdrinkery. It had us at whole-bird fried chicken—which you may drizzle with spicy honey and pair with mashed potatoes Read more [...]
Thunderbird
Price: $$The concoctions at this scruffy-chic bar are solid, generally brown, and unapologetically boozy. The food gives gloppy Southern standards some inspired tweaks, as in cheddar-grit fries with maple-bourbon aioli, pimento Read more [...]