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From hot dogs to bourbon slushies

Former Red Top Hotdogs restaurant transitions into a bar in Shelby Park
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The Keswick is located at1127 Logan St. | Photo by @thekeswickclub
The Keswick is the latest bar to open in Shelby Park and it’s a throwback to 1953.

Owners Ryan and Rachel Cohee transitioned their restaurant Red Top Hotdogs (1127 Logan St.) into a bar after closing it last September.

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The bar’s name pays homage to a historic social club from 1953.

Photo by @thekeswickclub


The new, loosely themed Appalachian dive bar pays homage to the historic Keswick Democratic Club (KDC) that operated in the building from 1953 to 2016. The Keswick also joins the growing list of throwback bars in the community — like Hauck’s Corner and The Merryweather.

While the brick-and-mortar is gone, the Red Top food truck is not. You can still get one of its gourmet dogs at The Keswick. Plus, because the space has a kitchen onsite, expect pop-ups from other restaurants around the city. On Saturday, Jan. 21 River City Supper Club will dish out fried chicken, a nod to the former Saturday chicken dinners the KDC used to sling.

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The bar plans to have a cocktail menu in the future.

Photo by @thekeswickclub


Speaking of the bar, it will offer local craft beer, boozy slushies, canned wine, domestic beer, and seltzers.

Eventually, The Keswick plans to have live bluegrass and country music, and even more eventually, host punk shows like the KDC did in the early-to-mid-2000s.

Bonus: You can listen to tunes on the jukebox from the former T. Eddie’s Bar & Grill, which is now Atrium Brewing one block away.

Much like Red Top Hotdogs, ping pong will still be a part of the culture. The bar hopes to host tournaments in addition to having darts, video games, and a foosball table.

The Keswick is open Wednesday-Friday, 4 p.m.-12 a.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-12 a.m.

Want to know more about Shelby Park’s growing nightlife? Check out the recently opened Canary Club.
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Wednesday, Jan. 11
  • Italian Wine Dinner with Gina Stipo | Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 6:30-9 p.m. | LouVino, 11400 Main St., Louisville | $110 | Dig into a four-course Italian dinner — with dishes like winter squash risotto and brasato of beef paired with wine — prepared by Chef Gina Stipo from the former At the Italian Table restaurant.
Friday, Jan. 13
  • Midnight Margaritas | Friday, Jan. 13 | 12 a.m. | Trouble Bar, 1149 S. Shelby St., Louisville | Free | Get a $2 margarita discount when you say the magic words “meet me at midnight.”
  • Harlem Globetrotters | Friday, Jan. 13 | 5 p.m. | KFC YUM! Center, 1 Arena Plaza, Louisville | $25-$139 | Catch this famous touring basketball act where, for the first-time ever, every audience member interacts with the show.
  • Silent Disco | Friday, Jan. 13 | 8 p.m.-12 a.m. | TEN20 Craft Brewery, 1020 E. Washington St., Louisville | $10 | Grab a pair of headphones and groove to your choice of music.
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  • The most coveted swimming hole in Derby City, Lakeside Swim Club, has donated a sponsorship to the Louisville Nature Center — who is raffling it off through Saturday, Jan. 27. Raffle tickets are $100 and only 100 are available. Proceeds will benefit the nature center and Wild Ones Native Plants Natural Landscapes. 💦
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Vote for Waterfront Park in national contest
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Last year, we came in third place behind parks in Cinncinati and New Orleans, but now we’re on top. | Photo courtesy of Waterfront Park
The sprawling 85-acre Waterfront Park has been nominated by the editors of USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards as one of America’s top 20 riverwalks.

Through noon on Monday, Feb. 9, you can help the park snag first place by voting once per day for your favorite riverwalk — ahem, Waterfront Park.

You can even check the leaderboard for real-time updates, which at the time of this writing showed Waterfront Park in first position.

Since 1986, our award-winning park has come a long way. Most recently, it broke ground on Phase IV of its expansion project that will connect West Louisville to Downtown.

Haven’t taken a walk in the park lately? Plan a day at Waterfront Park with a few of our favorite things to do:
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Editor’s pick: A group of Louisvillians can now say they’ve bean there done that after last week’s launch of The Louisville Bean Club, an informal bean eating meet up.

A Reddit post originally surfaced on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 11 a.m. inviting the community to eat beans on the Big Four Bridge — and it had users wondering was it real or not?

Turns out, it was all too real. A group met up on the bridge packing cans of pinto, black, and garbanzo beans. There was even a can of Beanie Weenies.

Unfortunately, no one brought utensils so the beans were donated to a local food bank.

Follow the club on Reddit for information the next gathering.

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