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CHEERS TO A GOOD TIME!

Hope you’re thirsty — our Kentucky Downs bar has all you could ever want! If you’re a beer-lover, you’ll appreciate our 24 brews on tap, including a rotating selection of local craft beer. Our collection of bourbon and whiskey selection is the largest in the area with something for everyone! Enjoy cocktails, local creations, and special offers throughout the year. Settle in and stay a while; there’s live entertainment every Wednesday to Sunday.

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 9AM - 2AM
Friday - Saturday: 9AM - 4AM
Sunday: 9AM - 2AM
Food served daily at the bar from 9AM - 11PM and 9AM - 2AM Friday and Saturday.

Signature Cocktails
  • 10 PACES

    Dueling Grounds Kentucky Clear, lemon, ginger beer

    How do you duel? It’s sweet victory in a glass with Franklin’s very own Dueling Grounds Kentucky Clear blended together perfectly with Gosling’s ginger beer and lemon.

  • AMERICAN PHAROAH

    Woodford Reserve, maraschino cherry, orange, bitters

    What better way to celebrate the “Grand Slam” of horse racing than with a Woodford Reserve old fashioned?

  • SEABISCUIT

    Tito’s vodka, cranberry & grapefruit juices, topped with ginger ale

    The light at the end of the tunnel. This light and breezy cocktail is a delicious blend of Tito’s vodka, cranberry & white grapefruit juices topped with ginger ale.

  • SECRETARIAT

    Bulleit Rye, sweet vermouth, bénédictine, bitters

    The winning spirit of a legend embodied in a bold Kentucky rye Manhattan.

  • SUPERFECTA

    Don Julio Blanco, lime juice, Grand Marnier

    The perfect winning margarita made with Don Julio Blanco and Grand Marnier.

  • TRIPLE CROWN

    Crown Royal, triple sec, house sour, sugar rim

    Winner Winner! It’s a celebration with Crown Royal, house triple sec and sugar rim.

  • THE SCRATCH

    Bacardi, Absolut, Beefeater, Jose Cuervo Gold tequila, peach schnapps

    Be careful with this boozy blend of Bacardi Superior rum, Absolut vodka, Beefeater’s gin, Jose Cuervo Gold tequila, and peach schnapps. You don’t want to scratch your night!

Bourbon and Whiskey
  • Kentucky Tavern
  • Rebel Yell
  • Hell-Cat Maggie Irish Whiskey
  • Jim Beam
  • Southern Comfort
  • Seagram’s 7
  • Four Roses
  • Bird Dog
  • Bird Dog Cinnamon
  • Bird Dog Peach
  • Bird Dog Blackberry
  • Bird Dog Strawberry
  • Tullamore Dew
  • Weller Special Reserve
  • Dueling Grounds KY Clear
  • Dueling Grounds Apple Pie
  • Fireball
  • Jack Daniels
  • Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey
  • Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire
  • Jameson Irish
  • Crown Royal
  • Crown Apple
  • Crown Vanilla
  • Buffalo Trace
  • Johnny Drum Private Stock
  • Prichard’s Sweet Lucy
  • Sazerac Rye 6 yr.
  • Maker’s Mark
  • Wild Turkey 101
  • Wild Turkey Honey
  • Bird Dog Small Batch
  • Larceny
  • Big Ass Bourbon
  • Woodford Reserve
  • 1792 Small Batch
  • Four Roses Small Batch
  • Rowan’s Creek
  • I W Harper
  • Eagle Rare
  • Knob Creek
  • Basil Hayden’s
  • Maker’s 46
  • Bulleit
  • Bulleit Rye
  • Bird Dog 10 yr.
  • Four Roses Single Barrel
  • Jefferson’s
  • Gentleman Jack
  • E. H. Taylor Small Batch
  • Corsair Triple Smoke
  • Willet Pot Still Reserve
  • Angel’s Envy
  • Old Forester Statesman
  • Rabbit Hole
  • Calumet Farms
  • Noah’s Mill
  • Corsair Ryemageddon
  • Elijah Craig 12 yr.
  • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel
  • Old Forester 1920 Whiskey Row
  • Blanton’s Single Barrel
  • Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
  • Willet Distillery 10 yr. Single Barrel
  • Whistle Pig 10 yr.
  • Prichard’s Double Barrel
  • Whiskey Thief
  • Widow Jane 7yr.
  • Whistle Pig 12 yr.
Draft Beer
  • Blue Moon
  • Budweiser
  • Bud Light
  • Coors Light
  • Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
  • Michelob Ultra
  • Miller Lite
  • Sam Adams
Seasonal Craft Beer
  • Abita
  • Against the Grain
  • Ballast Point
  • Bell's
  • Boulevard
  • Breckenridge
  • Country Boy
  • Dogfi sh Head
  • Fall’s City
  • Founders
  • Good Wood
  • Goose Island
  • Leinenkugel's
  • New Belgium
  • North Coast
  • Oskar Blues
  • Sierra Nevada
  • Shock Top
  • Stone
  • Three Floyds
  • White Squirrel
  • West Sixth
Domestic Bottles
  • Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA
  • Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale
  • Budweiser
  • Bud Light
  • Coors Light
  • Founders All Day IPA
  • Landshark
  • Michelob Ultra
  • Miller Lite
  • New Belgium Fat Tire
  • North Coast
  • Sam Adams Boston Lager
  • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Import Bottles
  • Corona Extra
  • Dos Equis
  • Dos Equis Amber
  • Heineken
  • Modelo Especial
  • Stella Artois
  • Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier
Cider Bottles
  • Ace
  • Original Sin
  • Redd’s
  • Woodchuck