Ideally located just moments from downtown, Butchertown Market is home to an impressive collection of unique businesses and shops. The building's historic architecture offers a stately backdrop to the modern, eclectic retail spaces within—creating a one-of-a-kind shopping destination.

Work the Metal: With ever-changing collections of modern clothing, jewelry, accessories, and home décor, you're sure to discover something unexpected and on trend every time you visit. Always sophisticated. Always smart. Always affordable.

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Moss Hill Bath & Body Collection: Pamper yourself with handmade soaps, lotions, bath and massage oils, candles, and beautifully curated gift boxes. Each item is created in small batches using original recipes.

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Bourbon Barrel Foods: Taste the spirit of Kentucky with bourbon inspired gourmet sauces and seasonings. Stock up on customer favorites like Bourbon Smoked Sea Salt, Pepper, and Sugar, along with a variety of other artisan spices and sauces.

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If you came to my house, you'd recognize at least three things from this shop. I've always loved Mahonia's ability to make functional, living art with floral arrangements, pottery, and mixed materials that come together in a highly curated, museum-quality collection of home goods and gifts.

Always a stop on my tours of the city with guests, everyone I bring feels transported to Louisville-meets–Alice in Wonderland in an ornamental menagerie that delights the senses and captivates the mind. An unexpected gem in NuLu, this shop is worth popping into and will remind you why the locals love Louisville.

Walking into Red Tree feels like stepping into a pop-art dream sequence where Alice in Wonderland met Andy Warhol and decided to open a furniture store. I've been coming here for years, and I still get caught off guard by how much visual chaos they manage to make feel intentional. You turn a corner and suddenly it's a velvet couch, a taxidermy peacock, and a lamp shaped like a chicken.

This is not a minimalist showroom. It's a wild, layered mix of handmade furniture, upcycled oddities, local art, and found-object decor that somehow fits together. It's colorful and full of personality. You'll see things here you've never seen before and probably won't again. Red Tree reminds you that not everything has to match to make sense. It's weird, bold, and completely Louisville.

The Formé hat studio could only be more Kentucky if there were a horse in the front yard and a cask of bourbon aging on the counter. This is as Southern genteel as it gets, with the iconic Kentucky Derby hat as the trademark attraction of this local institution.

You might not be in the market for an exquisite piece of headwear this June, but if you want a taste of local Louisville culture, this is it. You may have heard of Formé before—it's been featured in just about every travel magazine and show that's passed through the city, and it earns its place there year after year.

Welcome to Taste – Nulu's Original Bourbon, Wine & Cocktail Bar Since 2009! Proudly serving our community for over a decade, Taste is Nulu's first and oldest bourbon-wine-cocktail bar and retail store. Featuring indoor and outdoor seating to make your experience even better.

Taste offers over 400 bourbons, a tightly edited wine list, and a team behind the bar that understands the balance between guiding and listening. With one of the most extensive selections in the region, there's always something new to sip and savor.

They also offer Charcuterie Boards & Cheese Plates. Enjoy a perfect pairing with your bourbon, whiskey, or wine – ideal for sharing or snacking solo.

This is where film noir meets jazz den. If Al Capone lived in Louisville, this would've been his haunt—and not just for the cocktails or the music, but for the mood that hangs in the air like a co-conspirator.

Jimmy Can't Dance is where I send people when they're ready to shift gears. When the business talk is done, the formalities are over, and it's time to let the room do some of the work. It's trendy but not loud about it, stylish without the pressure. Flashy enough to feel special, never enough to feel staged. The best conversations don't happen under bright lights. They happen here.

Saturday nights at Galaxie, with lasers, lights, and fog machines, are built for raves and packed with tourists. But weeknights are when locals settle in around the bar and lounge areas for trivia and themed music. As the night wears on, the vibe shifts, and the once-sated, weary diners of the house-favorite wakataka tacos start to find their second wind and feel the beat.

Carnival rides go in circles; amusement park rides take you somewhere. In the same way, this place will surprise you with its evolving vibe. You might come here for tacos or trivia, but you'll stay because something in the air tells you the night still has somewhere to go.

This is the kind of place you hope still exists in a city. Family-run since 1921, Muth's is the oldest candy shop in Louisville, and it still feels like the kind of store you'd visit with your grandparents. The floors creak, the cases are old, and the shelves are stacked with things made by hand.

The Modjeskas are the classic: soft marshmallow dipped in warm caramel, packed in simple white boxes behind the counter. They also make bourbon balls, brittles, and chocolate-covered everything, but the Modjeskas are what people remember.

It's the kind of stop that doesn't require planning. If you're in NuLu, just walk in and see what looks good. No pressure, no performance, just really good candy, made the old way, by people who still care about doing it right. You can be in and out in under five minutes, but don't skip it.

If a fine art gallery and a local gift shop had a baby, it would look like Revelry. The shelves and walls are filled with work by Louisville artists—established names as well as emerging voices.

Revelry offers everything from framed paintings to small-batch candles to irreverent postcards you probably shouldn't send to your boss.

This is one of the shops I point to when people ask what makes NuLu different. It's creative, it's local, and it's unfiltered in the best way. Give yourself time here. You'll want to look twice.