In town for the sales and looking for someplace new and different to eat, shop or visit? Let the TDN help! Following up on our popular Best Bets on the Jersey Shore series during Breeders' Cup week, TDN subscribers now regularly recommend dining and shopping options to our out-of-town readers.

LE RELAIS (Louisville, KY - Dining)

2817 Taylorsville Rd., Louisville, KY
Phone: (502) 451-9020
Web: www.lerelaisrestaurant.com
Type: French cuisine served in a romantic atmosphere

My favorite place to eat is my brother Kevin’s house, but since you probably can’t get a ticket there, and if I’ve got to go out, I like Relais. Louisville is a really good anti-chain town, unlike our brothers and sisters in Lexington (we have fun bashing them, since we’re the little guys over here!) It’s in and old private airport terminal in Bowman Field, it’s French, and it’s really cool. Anthony Dike, the owner and man-on-the-floor, is great, and you can trust him enough to give him your menu and have him order food and wine for you. One of their signature dishes is a veal chop, and it’s terrific. The lamb loin is very good. It’s a great place for a date, a great place for couples, but not a place for six guys looking for a big screen and a sports bar. It’s like being someplace else; it’s not your generic French place in some city. It’s really neat.

-- ALLAN LAVIN, Longfield Farm

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