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Shively

working suburb · 40215

Shively is its own city, technically, and likes to remind you. Carved out of southwest Louisville in 1938 mostly to keep the whiskey tax revenue local, a heritage move that tells you most of what you need to know, it remains a tidy grid of midcentury ranches, family-run diners, and bourbon warehouses still doing their angelic exhaling. Dates here are low-stakes and unpretentious: a steak at a place with vinyl booths, then a drive past the rickhouses while one of you explains barrel char. Skip it if you require a skyline view, a tasting menu, or strangers who find your job interesting. Lean in if you do not.

4,648
singles 22–50
52%
male
$28,125
median income
$1,049
median rent
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Local date spots

Kentucky Derby Museum · ShivelyLouisville Palace Theatre · ShivelyJeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Louisville · ShivelySpeed Art Museum · ShivelyProof On Main · ShivelyBrendon's Catch 23 · ShivelyVincenzo's · ShivelyBud's Tavern · ShivelyBourbons Bistro · ShivelyConrad-Caldwell House Museum · Shively610 Magnolia · ShivelyLiquor Depot · ShivelyCURED Restaurant · ShivelyHigh Horse Bar · ShivelySteak & Bourbon - Downtown · ShivelyWild Swann Restaurant · ShivelyB.A.D. Boys Ice Cream · ShivelyShively
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17 spots across Shively

  • Shively
    Activity

    Kentucky Derby Museum

    Museum4.7 · 5,544
    Wheelchair access
  • Shively
    Activity

    Louisville Palace Theatre

    Live music venue4.7 · 4,114
    Wheelchair access
  • Shively
    Dining

    Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Louisville

    Steak house$$$$4.7 · 2,905
  • Shively
    Activity

    Speed Art Museum

    Art museum4.7 · 2,070
    Wheelchair access
  • Shively
    Dining

    Proof On Main

    American restaurant$$$$4.5 · 2,065
  • Shively
    Dining

    Brendon's Catch 23

    Seafood restaurant$$$$4.5 · 1,483
  • Shively
    Dining

    Vincenzo's

    Italian restaurant$$$$4.5 · 1,250
  • Shively
    Dining

    Bud's Tavern

    Bar & grill$$$$4.6 · 870
  • Shively
    Dining

    Bourbons Bistro

    American restaurant$$$$4.7 · 748
  • Shively
    Activity

    Conrad-Caldwell House Museum

    History museum4.8 · 584
    Wheelchair access
  • Shively
    Dining

    610 Magnolia

    Restaurant$$$$4.7 · 539
  • Shively
    Drinks

    Liquor Depot

    Liquor store$$$$4.4 · 490
  • Shively
    Dining

    CURED Restaurant

    Restaurant$$$$4.7 · 454
  • Shively
    Drinks

    High Horse Bar

    Bar$$$$4.6 · 346
  • Shively
    Dining

    Steak & Bourbon - Downtown

    Restaurant$$$$4.6 · 272
  • Shively
    Dining

    Wild Swann Restaurant

    Restaurant$$$$4.6 · 268
  • Shively
    Cafés

    B.A.D. Boys Ice Cream

    Ice cream shop4.9 · 153
    LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access
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