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Lovely Dining Experience in Historic Bardstown, KY

  • September 1, 2008
  • Rated 3 of 5 by MilwVon from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lovely Dining Experience in Historic Bardstown, KY

The Old Talbott Tavern was built in 1779 and still maintains much of its historic ambience as a restaurant and B&B. The tavern served as a stop in America's move westward, including a visit by a young Abe Lincoln at the age of 13. Today there are still five rooms available for overnight guests, but on this night, we were here for dinner.

Old Talbott Tavern is located in the historic district, right on the town square, across the street from the courthouse (and visitors' center) and next door to the old town jail.

As you enter you can see the original foundation and interior walls inside the dining area. We read that there had been a large fire back in the late 1990's but we couldn't see evidence of it in the dining area where we were seated.

We opted for an early dinner, expecting that the restaurant would fill up quickly as the evening progressed. Additionally, it was our desire to avoid the live entertainment that is advertised for Friday and Saturday evenings.

The menu is best described as old style southern, with much of what one would expect including fried chicken, cornmeal breaded catfish and country ham. Add homemade biscuits, gravy and sweetened iced tea and you don't get more country than this!

David had the Chicken Phillipe which was plump chicken breasts marinated in a burgundy and mushroom sauce served over a medley of wild rice. Mom had the baked Alaskan salmon which was also served over the wild rice. I opted for the country ham, which was large and very salty, served with homemade mashed potatoes. All dinners included your choice of soup or salad, freshly baked biscuits and the veggie of the day . . . green beans.

For dessert, they offered an assortment of fresh fruit cobblers including apple, peach or cherry as well as Tavern Pie, a twist on local favorite Derby Pie. Talbott's Tavern Pie was a thin pie crust with a layer of melted chocolate as the base for a rich pecan pie filling. Served warm, it was outstanding. David thoroughly enjoyed his apple cobbler, also served warm.

Dinner including soft drinks and tip came to $80 for the three of us. We felt that we had an outstanding southern country dining experience.

We did note that the restaurant filled up by 7:00pm with a short waiting list for walk-ins. More information, including their lunch and dinner menus may be found at: www.talbotts.com .

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