The Secluded Restaurant In Kentucky With The Most Magical Surroundings
Sometimes the best restaurants are ones that take you on a bit of an adventure to get there. The delicious food is your reward for the journey. Wallace Station Deli and Bakery in Versailles is a secluded restaurant that requires a drive, but is surrounded by the rolling hills of Kentucky’s beautiful horse country. And the drive itself is along one of the most magical roads in the whole country.
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Wallace Station Deli and Bakery is located at 3854 Old Frankfort Pike, Versailles, KY 40383. It is one of the many restaurants owned by Chef Ouita Michel, who is very well-known in the culinary world. She has been nominated as Best Chef Southeast and Best Restaurateur several times by the James Beard Foundation.
Wallace Station Deli is located in the heart of Kentucky's horse country. The restaurant is in a building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was built around the turn of the 20th-century.
The restaurant may seem like it's out of the way, but Old Frankfort Pike is known as one of the most gorgeous drives in the country. It is nicknamed "Thoroughbred Alley" due to the abundance of beautiful horse farms. Driving this road should be on every Kentuckian's bucket list.
This is a typical view along Old Frankfort Pike. Good thing Wallace Station Deli serves breakfast, because you could see a beautiful sight like this, go get some wonderful food, and then head to nearby Keeneland Race Course or Woodford Reserve Distillery (or both!) Now that would be the most "Kentucky" day ever!
You order at a counter inside, where you can still easily imagine what this building must have looked like when it was just an old country store in the early 1900s.
Don't forget to look at their delicious baked goods. A trip to Wallace Station Deli isn't complete without a freshly made cookie or pastry. The flour they use to bake comes from the Weisenberger Mill, which is just down the road. All of their ingredients, from the butter to the chocolate, are real.
Their most famous item is probably the Big Brown Burger, named for the 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. Guy Fieri of "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" called this one of the top 5 burgers he's ever eaten. The beef for this juicy burger is from right here in Kentucky, and it is served with ham, bacon, tomato, and white cheddar Mornay.
You can also get a panini version of Kentucky's favorite dish, the Hot Brown. Their Inside Out Hot Brown is turkey, ham, bacon, tomato, and white cheddar Mornay on a grilled panini.
I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. I have lived elsewhere twice, but keep coming back. I'm a video editor and freelance writer who enjoys watching people wearing University of Louisville uniforms excel at sports, scaling the faces of large rocks, and hanging out with my border collie/laborador/cattle dog mutt thingy that I have.
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