Best Restaurants for Casual Hangouts in Kentucky

Guest praise · Kentucky

The next meal in Kentucky can begin with easy company without a formal occasion. Our guide to best restaurants for casual hangouts gives that quality a place at the centre of the search. A Kentucky restaurant visit can be the most personal part of the day: a table, a conversation, and a meal chosen together. An ordinary catch-up deserves its own good table. Casual dining can make a simple invitation feel like time well spent. Here, a useful starting point is time together without having to hurry on to another plan; the right shortlist leaves room to choose for the actual visit. The current list includes restaurants in Hodgenville and Louisville.

To make your shortlist for Kentucky personal, find a restaurant that fits the way you want to spend time together rather than inventing a special reason to meet. Planning around Lexington-Fayette, Louisville, or another part of Kentucky? Start with where you want to be, then find a table for the occasion. Give the next invitation another possibility with Coziest Atmosphere in Kentucky alongside Great Value in Kentucky. For a wider restaurant discovery beyond Kentucky, follow Best for Casual Dining across the United States.

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#4

J.R. Neighbors

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

74.7
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#5

Mussel & Burger Bar

Jeffersontown, Kentucky

77.5
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#6

Cork N Crust

Bellevue, Kentucky

79.8
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#7

Just Hamburgers

Paducah, Kentucky

69.7
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#8

Bunz Burgerz

Louisville, Kentucky

69.2
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#9

Just Hamburgers

Paducah, Kentucky

69.7
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#10

SmashD on Frankfort

Louisville, Kentucky

59.2
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#11

Biscuit Belly - Nulu

Louisville, Kentucky

83.6
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#12

Grind Burger Kitchen

Louisville, Kentucky

79.7
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#13

The Post - Germantown

Louisville, Kentucky

79.9
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#14

Back Yard Burgers

Jeffersontown, Kentucky

17.0
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#15

Home Run Burger

Louisville, Kentucky

77.9
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#16

Back Yard Burgers

Paducah, Kentucky

65.0
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#17

Son of a Burger

Lexington, Kentucky

66.0
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#18

MozzaPi

Anchorage, Kentucky

82.7
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#19

Home Run Burger

Jeffersontown, Kentucky

17.5
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#20

Scooter's Triple B's

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky

11.8
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#21

Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint Lexington KY

Lexington, Kentucky

83.7
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#22

Pizzaville Sports Bar

Meadow Vale, Kentucky

79.1
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#23

Boombozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse - Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

75.4
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#24

Noosh Nosh

Windy Hills, Kentucky

80.1
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#25

Con Huevos! - Breakfast & Brunch

Louisville, Kentucky

81.0
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