Plus, find out where a Taiwanese restaurant is being planned.
 
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🍪 Some sweet news

Baked AF opens on Goss Avenue
A shotgun house has been converted to a bakery, which features colorful decorations and seating.
Baked AF features colorful and decorative outdoor seating. | Photo by LOUtoday
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, boy do we have a treat for you. Baked AF is now open in Germantown.

The shop, located at 1008 Goss Ave. next door to Breakfast + Pizza AF, serves cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, and other baked goods, like made-to-order donuts.

The offerings also include six flavors of homemade ice cream like chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla + three rotating, seasonal flavors — right now its maple, coffee toffee, and cinnamon toast — which is used in milkshakes, floats, and sundaes.

The atmosphere at Baked AF is just as sweet as your order. The house-turned-bakery features indoor and outdoor seating + kid-friendly fixtures, like upcycled teacup seating and a larger-than-life blue-frosted cupcake and ice cream sundae.

A shop features pink, Victorian era couches, stools, and a counter, all in bright colors.

Baked AF also coffee beverages.

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Photo by LOUtoday

Pro tip: Baked AF customers are free to use the expansive back patio of neighboring Hauck’s Corner, which includes a playground — so those kids can run off that sugar high.

Right now, Baked AF opens in the afternoon, but will eventually transition to daily service, from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Bonus: Brush up on the surrounding neighborhood with our guide to Schnitzelburg. We’re only ~10 weeks away from the 54th Annual World Championship Dainty Contest.
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Events
Tuesday, May 21
  • Summer Yoga Classes | Tuesday, May 21 | 6:30-7:45 p.m. | Waterfront Park Brown Forman Amphitheather, 1301 River Rd., Louisville | $10 | Relax and unwind on the waterfront with yoga, including Hatha and Yin.
Wednesday, May 22
  • Southern Soul & Spirits: Exploring Bourbon Land with Chef Edward Lee | Wednesday, May 22 | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | The Frazier History Museum, 829 W. Main St., Louisville | $65-$75 | Sip a complimentary cocktail, hear music from Tyler Lance Walker Gill and his band, and sample food from a cooking demo by Lee.
  • Gary Clark Jr | Wednesday, May 22 | 8 p.m. | Louisville Palace, 625 S. 4th St., Louisville | $39.50-$69.50 | Jam to the Austin-based blues + rock guitarist known for 2012’s “Bright Lights.”
Thursday, May 23
  • Abbey Road On The River | Thursday, May 23-Monday, May 27 | 1-11 p.m. | Big Four Station Park, 288 Spring St., Jeffersonville | $39.64-$59.64 | “Come Together” for this annual Beatles-themed festival.
Friday, May 24
  • Kentucky Flea Market Memorial Day Spectacular | Friday, May 24-Monday, May 27 | Times vary | Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Ln., Louisville | Free | Enjoy half-priced parking to shop over 600 booths featuring antiques, collectibles, arts + crafts, and more.
Saturday, May 25
  • Budding Naturalist | Saturday, May 25 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Fairdale Branch Library, 10620 W. Manslick Rd., Louisville | Bring the kids to craft their own binoculars from natural materials, then use them to bring nature into focus on a guided hike.
  • Sugar & Spite: An All Local Oddities Market | Saturday, May 25 | 12-6 p.m. | Kentucky Bourbon Art Gallery, 2801 S. Floyd St. No. 100, Louisville | $5 | Shop peculiar wonders and oddities like mysterious antiques + bizarre artworks.
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News Notes
State
  • Today is primary election day in Kentucky. Polls will be open until 6 p.m. Learn where you can vote + what’s on your ballot.
Biz
  • Two new Germantown-area restaurants are in the works. Developer Brian Goodwin is planning a new Taiwanese restaurant + boutique hotel for the former Redbud space (983 Goss Ave.), and he’s also part of the team renovating the former Come Back Inn (909 Swan St.). Openings are TBD. (Louisville Business First)
Traffic
  • The Sherman Minton Bridge will remain closed to eastbound traffic a few days longer than expected. The eastbound lanes — heading from Indiana to Kentucky — were expected to open yesterday, but will now remain closed through Friday, May 24. (WHAS11)
Development
  • A new hotel for NuLu, too. Plans for the ~1-acre site at 901 E. Jefferson St. include a four-story, 102,000-sqft hotel with an additional 5,500-sqft of retail space. The hotel will be a “flagship chain,” and its backed by the same development team behind NuLu Marketplace. (Louisville Business First)
Louisvillian
  • It’s Static’s Louisville. Another Hometown Hero Class of 2024 banner is in place. It posthumously honors Stephen Garrett — aka Static Major — a Grammy award-winning rapper + producer known for appearing on Lil’ Wayne’s 2008 hit, “Lollipop.” The banner adorns the Roots 101 African American Museum (124 N. 1st St.). (WHAS11)
Talk
  • Tonight, author + urbanist Jeff Speck will speak about his new book, “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save American One Step at a Time” at the Louisville Free Public Library Main Branch (301 York St.) at 6 p.m. Register for seats in advance.
Arts
  • The galleries at the KMAC Museum are currently closed while a new exhibition is installed. “The Summer Games” will coincide with this summer’s Paris Olympics and will explore the intersection of art and sports. The museum will host a preview of the series on Friday, May 31 at 5 p.m.
Sports
  • Kentucky may have hired BYU’s old coach, but Louisville has landed several former Cougar players. Get game coverage, analysis, insights, interviews, and more from local experts of the Cards with Locked On’s daily podcasts.
     
    History

    Ten years of crossing the Big Four

    Celebrate the Big Four Bridge’s 10th anniversary
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    We can’t decide what time of day the bridge is most beautiful. | Photo via Waterfront Park
    In case you missed it: Yesterday was a big anniversary for the Big Four Bridge.

    On May 20, 2014, Indiana officials cut the ribbon for the Jeffersonville approach to the bridge, clearing the way for pedestrians + bicyclists to fully cross the Ohio — though the bridge had already been open from the Kentucky side for around a year.

    So on the heels of that anniversary, let’s take a look back at how the bridge came to be.
    • 1895 | The railroad bridge is constructed to transport freight and passengers across the Ohio River. It is sold to the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway — better known as the Big Four Railroad.
    • 1929 | The bridge is reconstructed as a truss bridge — with interconnected triangles framing it — to better handle the weight of train traffic.
    • 1969 | Due to a railway merger between the Big Four Railroad’s parent company and Penn Central, the bridge becomes inactive. Its approach spans are sold for scrap, giving it the appearance of a bridge leading to nowhere.
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    The bridge in 1975.

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    Photo by Jack Boucher via Wikimedia Commons

    • 1990s | The Waterfront Master Plan is developed with plans to repurpose the Big Four into a pedestrian bridge connecting to Jeffersonville, IN.
    The Buy
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    The Wrap
     
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    Today’s edition by:
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    From the editor
    Baked AF isn’t the only new spot coming to the corner of Goss Avenue + George Hauck Way.

    Another neighborhood anchor is on the way: Franny’s, a seafood restaurant specializing in fresh oysters, is in the works for the corner opposite Hauck’s — 998 Goss Ave. It’s set to open late this year.
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