Pam’s Guidebook and Recommendations
Bourbon and Spirits
Jim Beam offers tours of the distillery. Located in Nelson County, which is the Bourbon Capital of the world.
95 locals recommend
Jim Beam American Stillhouse
568 Happy Hollow RdJim Beam offers tours of the distillery. Located in Nelson County, which is the Bourbon Capital of the world.
This distillery offers a nice menu. Hours are limited and sometimes reservations are needed so check the website for availability.
38 locals recommend
Bardstown Bourbon Company
1500 Parkway DrThis distillery offers a nice menu. Hours are limited and sometimes reservations are needed so check the website for availability.
This is a craft beer brewery. Lots of great beers. Industrial looking decor. Food is good, but limited menu. Outdoor seating is nice too.
20 locals recommend
Scout & Scholar Brewing Co.
112 West Flaget StreetThis is a craft beer brewery. Lots of great beers. Industrial looking decor. Food is good, but limited menu. Outdoor seating is nice too.
Bourbon Heritage Center
1311 Gilkey Run RdHeaven Hill Bourbon Center. Book a tour and check it out.
More than a distillery. Good food and a popular music venue.
13 locals recommend
The Amp at Dant Crossing
225 Dee Head RdMore than a distillery. Good food and a popular music venue.
Food scene
A favorite for the locals. Home cooking buffet style. Some of the best food in Bardstown in my opinion. My favorite is the stewed tomatoes (only on certain days) and chess pie. Great cornbread, real mashed potatoes, all the meats, fish and chicken are great.
Stephen Foster Restaurant
503 W Stephen Foster AveA favorite for the locals. Home cooking buffet style. Some of the best food in Bardstown in my opinion. My favorite is the stewed tomatoes (only on certain days) and chess pie. Great cornbread, real mashed potatoes, all the meats, fish and chicken are great.
Bardstown Burger
126 N 3rd StBest Burgers in town!
Talbott Tavern is the oldest establishment in the area, reported to have hosted the famous explorer Daniel Boone. A favorite of locals and tourists alike.
7 locals recommend
Talbott Inn
101 W Stephen Foster AveTalbott Tavern is the oldest establishment in the area, reported to have hosted the famous explorer Daniel Boone. A favorite of locals and tourists alike.
MMMM! Great food. Great little diner. Nice bar area for drinks and music in the evening.
Make sure you leave room for homemade pie...Chocolate Meringue, Lemon, Butterscotch, and Coconut Cream. In fact just bring a whole pie home and share with your host! (kidding)
49 locals recommend
Mammy's Kitchen & Bar
116 W Stephen Foster AveMMMM! Great food. Great little diner. Nice bar area for drinks and music in the evening.
Make sure you leave room for homemade pie...Chocolate Meringue, Lemon, Butterscotch, and Coconut Cream. In fact just bring a whole pie home and share with your host! (kidding)
Catholic history
This is the oldest cathedral west of the Alleghenies. Lots of great history, 15th century paintings gifted by France.
12 locals recommend
Basilica of St Joseph Proto-Cathedral
310 W Stephen Foster AveThis is the oldest cathedral west of the Alleghenies. Lots of great history, 15th century paintings gifted by France.
Talk a walk, check out a prayer time or sit in solitude in an ancient working monastery. Great gift shop where you can buy fruitcake, or fudge, or cheese made by the monks.
11 locals recommend
Abbey of Gethsemani
3642 Monks RdTalk a walk, check out a prayer time or sit in solitude in an ancient working monastery. Great gift shop where you can buy fruitcake, or fudge, or cheese made by the monks.
Sightseeing
This building was once a prep school for Catholic boys. In the Civil War it was used as a hospital. Today it is home to the Oscar Getz Whisky Museum. So much great bourbon history. And its worth a visit just to see this super cool building.
Spalding Hall
114 N 5th StThis building was once a prep school for Catholic boys. In the Civil War it was used as a hospital. Today it is home to the Oscar Getz Whisky Museum. So much great bourbon history. And its worth a visit just to see this super cool building.
How many museums do you know of that dedicates itself to the history of women in war? No one else. Great stories and displays of heroic women.
14 locals recommend
Women's Civil War Museum
204 E Broadway StHow many museums do you know of that dedicates itself to the history of women in war? No one else. Great stories and displays of heroic women.
The Village part is cool, but the Civil War Museum is one of the best in the country of the the western theater. Great displays. There are 3 museums in one. The general one, the women museum and the Hal Moore museum covering WWI through the Vietnam War. The Civil War museum is one of my favorites.
13 locals recommend
Old Bardstown Village Civil War Museum
310 E Broadway StThe Village part is cool, but the Civil War Museum is one of the best in the country of the the western theater. Great displays. There are 3 museums in one. The general one, the women museum and the Hal Moore museum covering WWI through the Vietnam War. The Civil War museum is one of my favorites.