TV Restaurants in Kentucky
42 restaurants and bars in Kentucky have been featured on Bar Rescue, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Paradise, Hotel Impossible, Man v. Food, and Restaurant: Impossible. 26 open · 11 closed.
Map of TV restaurants in Kentucky
Interactive map — loads when it scrolls into view.
Everything on this map is also in the list below.
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- Renamed / relocated / new ownership
- Unknown
- Numbered circles are clusters — click to zoom in
Every tracked location in Kentucky
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Bellevue, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Now: Chase's Garage Bar and Grill (formerly Alley Cat Dive Bar)
Bowling Green, KY
Bar Rescue
Renamed verified Checked -
Bowling Green, KY
Restaurant: Impossible
Closed verified Checked -
Now: Fred's Smokehouse at Jim Beam American Stillhouse (formerly Fred's Smokehouse)
Clermont, KY
Food Paradise
Closed verified Checked -
Covington, KY
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Now: KungFood Chu's AmerAsia (formerly KungFood Amerasia)
Covington, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Unknown unverified Checked -
Fort Mitchell, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open verified Checked -
Frankfort, KY
Hotel Impossible
Open reported Checked -
Frankfort, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Now: Bon-Ton Mini Mart (formerly Bon Ton World Famous Chicken)
Henderson, KY
Food Paradise
Closed verified Checked -
La Grange, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open reported Checked -
Lexington, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open reported Checked -
Lexington, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Lexington, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open verified Checked -
Lexington, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open reported Checked -
Lexington, KY
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Lexington, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives · Food Paradise
Closed verified Checked -
Lexington, KY
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Louisville, KY
Man v. Food
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Unknown unverified Checked -
Now: Brooke and Billy's Bites Bourbon & Brew (formerly Coach Lamp Restaurant & Pub)
Louisville, KY
Restaurant: Impossible
Closed verified Checked -
Louisville, KY
Man v. Food
Open reported Checked -
Now: Derby Café & Bourbon Bar (formerly Derby Café at Churchill Downs)
Louisville, KY
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Now: Four Pegs Smokehouse & Bar (formerly Four Pegs Beer Lounge)
Louisville, KY
Food Paradise
Renamed reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Closed verified Checked -
Momma's Mustard, Pickles & BBQ
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Louisville, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Man v. Food
Closed verified Checked -
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Louisville, KY
Man v. Food
Open reported Checked -
Newport, KY
Man v. Food
Unknown unverified Checked -
Olive Hill, KY
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Owensboro, KY
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Shelbyville, KY
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Versailles, KY
Best Thing I Ever Ate · Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Williamstown, KY
Hotel Impossible
Open reported Checked
Shows filmed in Kentucky
- Bar Rescue — 1 location in Kentucky
- Best Thing I Ever Ate — 8 locations in Kentucky
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — 14 locations in Kentucky
- Food Paradise — 12 locations in Kentucky
- Hotel Impossible — 2 locations in Kentucky
- Man v. Food — 5 locations in Kentucky
- Restaurant: Impossible — 2 locations in Kentucky
How to use this map
Each pin is one restaurant or bar in Kentucky that appeared on a show we track. Pin colour is the status we have on file — open, closed, changed, or unknown — and clicking a pin opens its dated status and a link to the full page. Where pins sit close together they collapse into a numbered cluster; click it to zoom in until the individual pins separate.
The two dropdowns above the map filter the pins and the list below in the same move, so you can narrow to, say, closed locations from one show without losing your place. The list is the accessible version of the map: it carries the same 42 records in the same order, is fully keyboard-navigable, and "Show on map" on any card flies the map to that pin.
Status is never a live feed. Each card shows the date we last checked it — for Kentucky that is September 7, 2026 on the most recently reviewed record — and the source page it rests on. Confirm with the business before you drive anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
How many TV-featured restaurants in Kentucky are still open?
26 of the 42 Kentucky records we track are recorded open, 62% of the state's total, each with its own dated source. 11 are recorded closed.
What TV shows have featured restaurants in Kentucky?
Bar Rescue, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Paradise, Hotel Impossible, Man v. Food, and Restaurant: Impossible.
Something on this page is wrong. What now?
Tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it. If we can't reach a confident answer within about a week, we lower the page's confidence label rather than leave a disputed claim standing.