Epicurious Finds Good Food and Art in Louisville

Doug Frost from Epicurious was recently in Louisville and seems to have been most pleasantly surprised with the art and accommodations at 21c Museum Hotel.

I’m not a fan of the hipster hotel: tiny rooms, tinier bathrooms,
lots of attitude at the front desk and ear-splitting house music in the
lobby. Well, at least that’s been my experience all too often. The 21C
in Louisville (that’s Luhville to you Yankees) was far better than I
feared. The music was okay, the attitude was minimal, I could actually
walk around my bed and the lobby was filled with art. Not wanna-be art
but actual, real, cool, contemporary, intelligent art. Some edgy Louise
Bourgeois (she’s more fun when she’s not predictable); a riotous mixed
media piece from the Cuban duo Guerra de la Paz; inflatable sculpture
from Max Streicher; some Jock Sturges photos; and a Bill Viola video
that’s more installation than video. For me, Viola’s 2002 Guggenheim
installation called “Going Forth by Day” was one of the greatest video
works I’ve ever seen.

Downstairs there are some Andres Serrano photos and many more cool
pieces. How about a room full of Kara Walker? Yeah, that’s in
Louisville, you snots.

He seems to have liked the food he found at the bar in 21c as well.

The bartender suggests baked octopus for a bar snack. Baked octopus?
Really? In Luhville? “It’s our top seller,” he explains. Really? I
order it and I understand why. It’s good, earthy, tomato-y, tangy,
barely spicy. It’s real tasty with my Tanq and tonic.

Glad we could surpass your expectations Doug. Thanks for visiting.