City: Louisville, KY

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (502) 637-5284

Address: 425 West Ormsby Ave.

Description: Buck’s, the latest incarnation in a long line of restaurants that have graced the lower floor of the Mayflower Apartments on Ormsby Avenue, offers outdoor seating under a canopy of shade trees across from some of the largest Victorian mansions in the city. During the winter and fall, its main dining room is a popular gathering place for locals in search of a quiet lunch or dinner in 1920s elegance. From the abundant vases of white blossoms that adorn the bar to the trademark mismatched antiques-shop assortment of china and silverware that set the tables, Buck’s Restaurant and Bar is an Old Louisville original. Definitely one of the pricier eateries in the neighborhood, Buck’s has a diverse dinner menu that includes retro favorites like oysters Rockefeller, Kentucky trout dijonaise, and medallions of beef “Henry the Fifth,” but fusion-inspired dishes appear as well. Crispy fish with hot sweet chili, spicy noodles “Cantonese,” and pork and rice pot stickers demonstrate the chef’s adventurous side.