Old Talbott Tavern

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  107 W. Stephen Foster Ave.
  Bardstown, KY 40004
  502-348-3494
  1-800-4TAVERN

Built in 1779. Oldest western stagecoach stop in America. Among the folks who passed through:

Abraham Lincoln stayed there when he was 13 years old while his parents were involved with a land dispute.
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
General George Rodgers Clark
King Louis Philippe visited during his exile from France. Murals on one of the lodging room walls are believed to have been painted by one of his entourage.
In this same room, there are a dozen bullet holes. Legend is that these were left by Jesse James, who got drunk, went upstairs to sleep it off, "saw" birds moving through the murals, and shot them.
Eekim:Eugene Eric Kim had the southern fried chicken there and a shot of bourbon on July 20, 2004.