5 places to play the silver ball

Where to play pinball in Derby City

Zanzabar has a rotating selection of pinball machines. | Photo by LOUtoday

If you’re anything like Senior City Editor Katie and use your couch change to practice becoming a pinball wizard, then bookmark this mini-guide next time you flip over those cushions.

Zanzabar, 2100 S. Preston St., St. Joseph

Play a rotating selection of games in the front room of this music venue, restaurant, and arcade serving up dinner and pinball seven days a week.

Recbar, 10301 Taylorsville Rd., Jeffersontown

This arcade bar has the largest collection of active pinball machines in Derby City with over 60 machines to choose from, ranging from popular 1980s games like Xenon to new releases like Toy Story 4.

The Merryweather, 1101 Lydia St., Schnitzelburg

Sip on tiki drinks or a local craft beer while playing rounds of pinball on one of this neighborhood dive bar’s machines.

Bonus: The bar has an Airbnb upstairs with a private Star Wars pinball machine.

The Back Door, 1250 Bardstown Rd., Highlands

Come for the hot wings, stay for the Deadpool pinball machine.

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Wednesday, Jan. 25

2023 Discover Boating® Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow | Wednesday, Jan. 25-Sunday, Jan. 29 | Times vary | Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillip’s Lane South Wing A, B & C, Louisville | $14 | Check out the latest in boating sports at this five-day tradeshow.
Choreographers’ Showcase | Wednesday, Jan. 25-Sunday, Jan. 29 | 7 p.m. | Louisville Ballet, 315 East Main St., Louisville | $39.20 | See new works performed by five artists in the Louisville Ballet’s downtown studio.
Seed Savers Meet-up | Wednesday, Jan. 25 | 7-9 p.m. | Louisville Tool Library, 1227 Logan St., Louisville | Free | Make a seed bomb, learn about winter sowing, and get your garden started in a milk jug.

Friday, Jan. 27

Death Cab For Cutie: Asphalt Meadows Tour with Special Guest Momma | Friday, Jan. 27 | 8 p.m. | Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, 724 Brent St., Louisville | $45-$229 | See this quintessential indie rock group that helped define early 2000s emo music.
The Moth Louisville GrandSLAM Championship | Friday, Jan. 27 | 8 p.m. | Kentucky Center for the Arts, 501 W. Main St., Louisville | $40.37 | Hear the winners of the 2022 Moth Story Slam events battling for champion storyteller status.

Saturday, Jan. 28

Crystal & Spirit Fair | Saturday, Jan. 28 | 12-4 p.m. | The Bodhi Tree, 6306 Meeting St., Prospect | Free | Shop sales on crystals, walk-in numerology readings, aura portraits, chakra clearings, and more — plus enter to win a crystal tower valued at $250.
Anti-inflammatory Dinner | Saturday, Jan. 28 | 5-10 p.m. | Naïve, 1001 E. Washington St., Louisville | $65 | Dig into a five-course dinner designed to give a new perspective of healthy eating.

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FINAL JANUARY EVENTS

Weather

43º | Rain | 84% chance of rain

Open

New-to-market Italian restaurant LaRosa’s Pizza is open at 10641 Fischer Park Dr. in Goose Creek. A line of eager pizza eaters waited out front on opening day (some for nearly 20 hours) with the promise of free pizza for life. The restaurant also serves hoagies and traditional pastas — like ravioli and lasagna. 🍕 (WDRB)

Closed

When one door opens, two more close. Two restaurants have closed in Derby City over the past four days. Union 15, a pizzeria and taphouse at Colonial Gardens near Iroquois Park, closed on Saturday, Jan. 21. American-style restaurant and bar Germantown Social announced its closure yesterday. (WAVE)

Seasonal

Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay doesn’t open until May, but theme park enthusiasts can get their hands on a new ticket option called The Diamond Pass now for $129.99. Diamond season pass holders will reap the benefits of the two other season passes, as well as get four unrestricted bring-a-friend tickets. 🎢 (WDRB)

Plan Ahead

The Down Syndrome of Louisville’s Gallop Gala will return on Friday, April 21. The annual fundraising event will happen during Thunder Over Louisville weekend at the Galt House. The party includes cocktails and dinner, auctions, and music from The Crashers. Ticket options start at $100. ✨

Biz

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Eat

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Wellness

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Business

Downtown Louisville’s 2022 wrap

More than 40 new businesses opened downtown in 2022. | Photo by Miles Manwaring via Unsplash

The Louisville Downtown Partnership, a nonprofit working to promote downtown Louisville’s redevelopment and economic growth, released its 2022 recap — and it’s replete with everything from new businesses to investments and event attendee numbers.

Here’s a glimpse into what happened last year.

46 new businesses

Brew and Sip Cafe, Barrels & Billets, and Lou Lou on Market are just a few of the new businesses to open downtown. An additional 15 were also announced — like Bardstown Bourbon Company’s bourbon experience and Barista Parlor coffee shop.

50 projects announced or underway

These projects represent a $1.1 billion investment in downtown. Here a few notable ones:

540,675 people visited a bourbon attraction

Louisville’s bourbonism brought ~116,000 more tourists downtown than in 2019 — and they likely visited new attractions like Angel’s Envy’s $8.2 million expansion.

Get more insight into 2022’s downtown economic impact.

THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Katie.

Editor’s pick: Groundhog Day is just around the corner and last year we shared the days you’d relive again in Louisville — you know, like the movie.

Since an entire year has passed, we want to re-ask the question: What day in Louisville would you live on repeat? Tell us.

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