88°F5:25 PM Haymarket Whiskey Bar celebrates Grand Opening with live music Saturday [Music]
It is a well-known fact that music is an intricate part of Louisville’s culture; we love our music. The Haymarket Whiskey Bar took Louisville’s passion for music and combined it with Kentucky’s notoriety for bourbon whiskey. The result is an intimate venue in NuLu with professional sound and lighting equipment that will feature live music four nights a week. The Haymarket invited The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys to play the grand opening.
Kentucky native Whiskey Bent Valley Boys look to bluegrass, folk, and country music and fuse in the time honored traditions of Appalachia. Band founder Mason Dixon uses a unique style of claw hammer, banjo, guitar, and harmonica. As Alabama said, “you gotta have a fiddle in the band” and JR is on target with the barnyard fiddle. Johnny Whippermule is known for playing his mandolin, but may be spotted playing spoons. Leroy Jones is the youngest member, yet stands tall with his doghouse bass.
The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys are set to pick a few and sing a few that pay homage to generations past, those who made their living with tobacco, on the river, with moonshine stills, and the women who wielded an iron skillet. Mason Dixon says, “It’s not so much in the whiskey as it is in the DNA.” The Haymarket invited The Shovel Bums to play as the special guest for the evening.
The music will begin at 9 pm, the doors open at 8 pm, with $10 tickets available at the door. The Haymarket Whiskey Bar is located at 331 E. Market. The show is 21 and over, but only because there are 50 varieties of whiskey, a great selection of craft beers, and 7 rotating beers on tap. In the words of The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, “Get Bent”.
Photo: Courtesy of The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys
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137 W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Suite 102, Louisville, KY 40202
502-625-0100
137 W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Suite 102, Louisville, KY 40202
502-625-0100
This place is not only a
This place is not only a dump, with the bathroom (one unisex) being used for a storage area and, apparently, to wash the dishes. but the owner/bartender is incredibly rude. While doing a beer tasting, we tried to joke with him and all we got were smart remarks. In fact, we were told that he could do whatever he wanted to do, it was his bar. This was after we were only trying to joke with him.
As for the beer tasting, all the beers offered can be bought at your local grocery store, don't bother. I got a smart comment on that also when I said that I don't like hoppy beers (I prefer more wheat beer) and I was told in a very condesending voice that's how you make beer, with hops. I know that Einstein, I just don't like a lot of hops in my beer.
Now for the decor - or lack thereof. We were told we would need a reservation for our beer tasting because they were going to be terribly busy. Well, when you've only got six bar stools, it doesn't take long for the place to fill up. We got there and there were four people there, all of whom were friends of the owner. We ordered our tasting, and went to sit on the nasty, dirty benches and chairs offered in another part of the room and was told "there's no table service here, you'll have to come get this." What? There were four people there besides us, you couldn't bring our tastings to us? Whatever.
When we took our glasses back up to the bar for our next tasting, he didn't even bother to rinse out the glasses or give us new ones. He simply refilled the dirty ones, right on top of the previous beer!!! That's just wrong and probably not health department accepted. I guess when you've only got six bar stools, you're not making enough money to afford more glasses or a sink behind the bar to wash them - you have to go to the bathroom to wash them and, well, I wouldn't want my glass back after him going behind any door to wash it.
The place is run down, is dirty, the owner is a jerk, so just don't waste your time, don't bother, go someplace else, like Doc Crow's and have a good experience and a nice experience.
Went there recently for a
Went there recently for a date good selection of whiskey and bourbon .. But the music left something to be desired and curious if the owner bothers to listen to these bands before allowing them to perform ...won't return