It’s Valentine’s Day, you have an anniversary coming up, someone offered to take care of the kids for the evening: There are many special occasions that call for a romantic restaurant reservation. And when the pressure’s on, you don’t want to pick a dud that will ruin the mood.
The 18th Amendment, which made alcohol illegal in the U.S., was repealed in 1933, but the appeal of going to a speakeasy — or a bar that’s set up to look like one — has never left. We’ve compiled this (unranked) list of speakeasies, hidden bars, and out-of-the-way establishments in Louisville. —Carolyn Brown