LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Restaurant Week starts Monday, and there are more than twice as many participants as 2023.

Running from Feb. 19-25, some restaurants will have specials for both lunch and dinner, while a handful will only have dinner options.

Participating restaurants include:

  • 80/20 @ Kaelin's
  • 8UP Elevated Drinkery and Kitchen
  • Agave & Rye
  • All Thai'd Up
  • Bakersfield
  • Brasserie Provence
  • Cask Southern Kitchen & Bar
  • Condado
  • Fork & Barrel
  • Lou Lou on Market
  • LouVino
  • Mitchell's Fish Market
  • Monnik Beer Co.
  • Morton's The Steakhouse
  • Noche Mexican BBQ
  • Nostalgic Restaurant & Cocktail House
  • Oliver's Chop House & Bourbon Bar
  • Perso
  • River House Restaurant and Raw Bar
  • Sarino
  • Simply Thai
  • The Black Rabbit
  • The Eagle Food & Beer Hall
  • The Fat Lamb Modern Kitchen & Bar
  • Melting Pot

And it's all not just for a good deal. Eating dinner at one of the 26 participating restaurants gives back to aspiring chefs.

Edneisha Cardine and her 10 classmates in the Common Table program will spend eight weeks in Louisville whipping up everything from gumbo to honey glazed chicken.

"I always love cooking," Cardine said Friday. "It reminds me of being in the kitchen with grandma."

There are never too many cooks in the kitchen for the Louisville nonprofit, which aims to reduce poverty through culinary arts training.

"Sometimes, people just need opportunity and access," said Makeda, Freeman-Woods, director of Common Table. "That's what we're here to do."

$1 from every meal purchased at one of the participating restaurants helps fuel the fire for the nonprofit's aspiring chefs, like Cardine. She currently cooks for her mom's day care but hopes to someday open her own place.

"I already got a name for the kitchen: The Heart Attack," Cardine said. "Ain't nothing healthy about my restaurant."

To see what each place is offering during Louisville Restaurant Week, click here.

Louisville-area Restaurant Coverage:

Copyright 2024 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.