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American Cuisine Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Aspen Creek Grill

Buckhead Mountain Grill

Carson's Food & Drink

Charred Oak Grill

Marcella's Farm to Fork

The Old Talbott Tavern

Best of Kentucky Regional

Biancke's Restaurant

deSha's - Maysville

Farmer's Feedmill Restaurant

Jerry's Restaurant

Shannon's Diner

Toad's BARn and Grill

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Morley's Backyard

The House of Marigold

Bagels

Best of Kentucky

Great Bagel & Bakery

Best of Kentucky Regional

Bruegger's Bagels

Southland Bagel

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Great Bagel & Bakery

Bakeries

Best of Kentucky

Amons Sugar Shack

Gigi's Cupcakes

Shortcrust Coffee and Pastry Bar

WildBloom Sourdough Bakery

Best of Kentucky Regional

Better Than Flours

Cedar House Market

Kirchhoff's Bakery and Deli

La Pâtisserie Française

Root-A-Bakers Bakery & Cafe

Spalding's Bakery

Three Daughters Farm

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Emerson's Bakery

Golden Glaze Bakery

Barbecue Joints

Best of Kentucky

Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar

Thatcher Barbecue Company

Thomason's Barbecue

Best of Kentucky Regional

Back Porch Smokehouse

Big Kahuna Hawaiian BBQ

Harmon’s Barbecue

Jucy's Smokehouse Bar-B-Q

Moonlite Bar-b-q Inn

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Brothers Barbecue Smokehouse

Homer's Barbecue

Old Hickory Bar-B-Que

Bars

Best of Kentucky

Lucky Pint Irish Pub and Kitchen

Shamrock Bar and Grille

The 859 Taproom and Grill

Best of Kentucky Regional

Amsden Bourbon Bar

Between The Lakes Tap House

Kenton Stories with Spirit

The Irish Rover

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Blaze Cigar Lounge

Small Town Tavern

Breweries

Best of Kentucky

Fabled Brew Works

Hopkinsville Brewing Company

Salt River Brewing Company

West Sixth Brewing

White Squirrel Brewery

Best of Kentucky Regional

Black-Type Brewing, LLC

Braxton Brewing Company

Paducah Beer Werks

Scout & Scholar Brewing Co.

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Alexandria Brewing Company

Sawstone Brewing Co.

Bubble Tea Shops

Best of Kentucky

Bubbles N Sweets

Cajun Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Knotty Pine On The Bayou

Best of Kentucky Regional

Broussard's Cajun Cuisine

Pier 17 Cajun Seafood Restaurant & Bar

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Earline’s Tavern

Candy Stores

Best of Kentucky

Bauer's Candies Inc

Best of Kentucky Regional

Andria's Candies

Ruth Hunt Candy

The Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe and Dundee Candy

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Serendipity Kandy Kitchen

Sharp's Candies

Chinese Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Best of Kentucky Regional

Peking Chinese Restaurant

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Coffeehouses

Best of Kentucky

Buzzinga Coffee

Fante's Coffeehouse And Private Label Coffee Roasters

Spencer's Coffee

Unify Coffee Co

Best of Kentucky Regional

Battlefield Coffee Co.

Brevede Coffee Co.

Brewtanicals Coffee House and Plant Lounge

The Paddock Coffee + Eats + Gatherings

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Deez Beanz Bardstown

Purdy's Coffee Co.

The Burg Coffee House

The Hive Coffee & Bakehouse

Cupcake Bakeries

Best of Kentucky

A Sweet Retreat Elizabethtown

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Batter and Buttercream Cupcakes

Delicatessens

Best of Kentucky

Geno's Italian Deli

Stella's Kentucky Deli

Best of Kentucky Regional

Fresh Take Deli & Grill

Gaunce's Deli & Cafe

Desserts

Best of Kentucky

Louisville Pudding Company

Diners & Cafes

Best of Kentucky

Frisch's Big Boy Restaurant

Spear Ridge Café

Best of Kentucky Regional

Fifth Street Diner

McKinley's Cafe

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

All American Diner

Bob's Drive-In Restaurant

Marcella's and the After Hours Cafe

Distilleries

Best of Kentucky

Angel's Envy Distillery

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Limestone Branch Distillery

Lux Row Distillers

Wild Turkey Distillery Visitor Center

Best of Kentucky Regional

Circa 1856 Bardstown

Jeptha Creed Distillery

Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co

Maker's Mark Distillery

Whiskey Thief Distilling Co.

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Glenns Creek Distilling

Golden Pond Distilleries, Inc.

Kentucky Mountain Moonshine Distillery

Preservation Distillery + Farm

Wilderness Trail Distillery

Donut Bakeries

Best of Kentucky

Dough Baby Donuts LLC

Red's Donut Shop

Best of Kentucky Regional

Donut Days Bakery

Golden Glaze Bakery & Deli

Peace, Love and Little Donuts of Edgewood, KY

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Gramps Coffee & Donuts

Sugar & Spice Donut Shop

Food Trucks

Best of Kentucky

Bourbon Trail BBQ

Lydora’s Sweet Treats, LLC

Tacos La Chaparrita

Best of Kentucky Regional

Jp's Food Truck Taqueria

Juanito's Street Tacos

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

The 5000 Food Truck

French Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Brasserie Provence

Best of Kentucky Regional

Heirloom Restaurant

Le Relais Restaurant

Greek Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Anna's Greek Restaurant & Venue

Best of Kentucky Regional

Sam's Greek Cafe

Health Food Stores

Best of Kentucky

Sweet 'n Simple Elderberry

Best of Kentucky Regional

Gene's Health Food

Rainbow Blossom

Ice Cream Parlors

Best of Kentucky

Goode's Riverside Creamery

Best of Kentucky Regional

SuperHero Creamery

Sweeties Ice Cream and mini doughnuts

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Forever Sweet Creamery

Glasgow City Creamery

Indian Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Maharaja Indian Restaurant

Taj India Restaurant

Tandoori Fusion

Best of Kentucky Regional

Amol India Carry Out Restaurant

Masala Indian Cuisine

Italian Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Napolis Italian Restaurant

Pasquale's Restaurant

Volare Italian Ristorante

Best of Kentucky Regional

Brio Italian Grille

Capronis Restaurant & Bar

Giuseppe's Ristorante Italiano

Milano Italian Restaurant

Silvio's Italian Restaurant

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Paisano's Italian Restaurant & Lounge

Sutton's Family Italian Restaurant

Japanese Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Asuka Japanese Steak House & Sushi

Kyushu Japanese Steakhouse

Saito Japanese Steakhouse

Best of Kentucky Regional

Fuji Japanese Sushi & Steak House

Osaka Japanese Restaurant

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Hibachi Express

Juice & Smoothie Shops

Best of Kentucky

Panacea Juicery

Best of Kentucky Regional

Blossom Juicy Bar

Shake It Danville

Liquor & Wine Stores

Best of Kentucky

Fern & Moody's Liquor Store

The Party Source

Meat & Seafood Shops

Best of Kentucky

Boone's Butcher Shop

Crestwood Meats

Critchfield Meats Family Market

Phillips Family Grocery & Butcher Shop

Best of Kentucky Regional

Hughes Market Meat Processing

Showalter's Country Meats LLC

Simply Seafood Market & Cajun Diner

Southern Steer Butcher Louisville

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Lori's Fish Market

The Local Butcher

Mediterranean Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Mr.JJ Mediterranean grill

Watan Mediterranean Grill

Best of Kentucky Regional

Safier Mediterranean Deli

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Ramsi's Cafe On The World

Shiraz Mediterranean Grill

Mexican Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

El Torito Mexican Grill

Quezadillas and Bar Mexican Grill

Best of Kentucky Regional

Bandido Taqueria Mexicana

La Cabaña Mexican Restaurant

Rancho Grande Mexican Restaurant

Tacoholics Kitchen

WK El Maz Mexican Bar & Grill

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Froggie's Bar and Grill

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant

Guaca Mole Modern Mexican

La Villa Rica Mexican Cuisine

Los Dos Sisters

Pizza Joints

Best of Kentucky

Impellizzeri's Pizza

Best of Kentucky Regional

Fessler's Legendary Pizza and Hoagies

Little Charlie's Pizza

Mr D's Pizza And Wholesale

Tiny Town Pizza

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Maillard Wood Fired Kitchen

Produce Markets & Local Farms

Best of Kentucky

3H Farm's Market

Mulberry Orchard LLC

Owensboro Regional Farmers' Market

Winchester-Clark County Farmers' Market

Best of Kentucky Regional

Cornett Farm Fresh

Dennison's Roadside Market

Dove's Landing Farm

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Haney's Appledale Farm

Oak and Barrel Meats

Paul's Fruit Market

Romantic Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Seasons Restaurant

Best of Kentucky Regional

Seafood Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Smithtown Seafood

Best of Kentucky Regional

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Charlie's Seafood & Carry-Out Restaurant

Franny's Seafood

Southern Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Jewells On Main

Mammy's Kitchen & Bar

Porch Kitchen & Bar

Best of Kentucky Regional

Bread of Life Cafe

Greyhound Tavern

The Whistle Stop

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

A P Suggins Bar & Grill

Specialty Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Bayer Farms Lavender

Sports Bars

Best of Kentucky

Hometown Heroes Sports Cafe

Shamrock Bar & Grille

Best of Kentucky Regional

Barleycorn's Florence

Brick House Tavern + Tap

JT's Sports Bar & Grill

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Gillum's Sports Lounge

The Manhattan Project

Steakhouses

Best of Kentucky

Blinkers Tavern

Colton's Steak House & Grill

Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse

Tony's of Lexington

Best of Kentucky Regional

DJ's Steakhouse Bar and Grill

Renos Roadhouse

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Alchemy Restaurant

Big Bull Steakhouse

Briarpatch Restaurants

Pat's Steak House

Thai Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Nittha Siam Kitchen

Thai Thai Restaurant

Best of Kentucky Regional

3 Ladies Thai Cuisine

Thai Street Food Kitchen

Vegetarian Restaurants

Best of Kentucky

Heart and Soy / Roots

Wine Tasting & Tour Services

Best of Kentucky

Wineries

Best of Kentucky

Cave Hill Vineyard & Winery LLC

Forest Edge Winery

Lovers Leap Vineyards and Winery

Purple Toad Winery and Distillery

Schoolyard Winery

Best of Kentucky Regional

Bluegrass Vineyard

Elk Creek Vineyards

Equus Run Vineyards

McIntyre & Family Winery

Verona Vineyards & Winery

Best of Kentucky Honorable Mention

Carriage House Vineyards

Ghost Fox Winery

Poca Terra Winery

Springhill Winery

Talon Winery & Vineyards

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