Louisville's newest Drake's restaurant to open later this month on Outer Loop in Okolona

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The new Drake's restaurant on Outer Loop in Okolona will open Monday, Aug. 19.

A spokesperson for the restaurant said a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. that morning before the 11 a.m. official opening.

The location is near Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen in the 3500 block of Outer Loop. According to the restaurant's director of marketing, this will be Drake's 12th Kentucky location and fourth in Louisville.

Drake's already has locations in St. Matthews, off Hurstbourne Parkway, and in the Paddock Shoppes in Louisville, as well as a restaurant in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Lee Greer, Drake's restaurant is the developer of the project and president of Greer Companies out of Lexington, said earlier this year he'd also like to develop a hotel on the site. However, that's only an idea at this point and subject to change.

And the development in Okolona doesn't stop with Drake's. Further down Outer Loop, near the Jefferson Mall, BJ's Wholesale plans to open a new location with a gas station sometime this winter. And just off Preston Highway near the old library, a different developer has filed plans proposing retail and restaurant space, including a Starbucks.