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Your guide to the 5 top spots in Louisville's Valley Station neighborhood

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Published on August 06, 2019
Your guide to the 5 top spots in Louisville's Valley Station neighborhoodMark's Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering | Photo: Kendra W./Yelp

Spending time in Valley Station? Get to know this Louisville neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a coffee place to a Japanese and Chinese restaurant.

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Valley Station, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.

1. Stomping Grounds Coffee

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Topping the list is Stomping Grounds Coffee, a spot to score coffee, tea and more. Located at 10019 Dixie Highway, it's the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting five stars out of 29 reviews on Yelp.

Stomping Grounds Coffee serves a variety of hot and cold coffee beverages, tea and pastries from Donut Express. Pick up a hot cup of cappuccino or drip coffee with a glazed doughnut, or opt for an iced chai latte.

2. Mark's Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering

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Next up is traditional American spot Mark's Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering, which offers barbecue and more, situated at 10316 Dixie Highway. With four stars out of 46 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite.

Open since 1988, Mark's Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering’s Dixie Highway spot is among the several locations of the restaurant within Kentucky and Indiana. The menu features barbecue with a selection of chicken and fish, burgers, ribs, salads and combination dinner plates available for dine-in or carry out. Options range from a barbecue wild salmon burger to a pork, brisket, honey wings and baby back ribs dinner. 

3. Babie Bac'z Good Grill

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Babie Bac'z Good Grill, a spot to score barbecue and more, is another neighborhood go-to, with four stars out of 35 Yelp reviews. Head over to 8533 Terry Road to see for yourself.

Choose from a menu of barbecue that consists of sandwiches, smoked meats and sides. Look for items such as country fried baby back ribs, potato salad, baked beans, greens, macaroni and cheese and the Bac'z Attack sandwich with pork, bacon and ham.

4. Chong Garden

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Check out Chong Garden, which has earned four stars out of 24 reviews on Yelp. You can find the Chinese spot at 10341 Dixie Highway.

Chong Garden offers a large variety of rice, noodle, pork, chicken and shrimp dishes. Try jumbo shrimp with zucchini, beef chop suey, mixed vegetable chow mein fun, chicken with garlic sauce, hot and sour soup and more.

5. Asian House

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Finally, there's Asian House, a local favorite with four stars out of 19 reviews. Stop by 9707 A Dixie Highway to hit up the Japanese and Chinese spot and sushi bar the next time you're in the neighborhood.

The restaurant serves sushi, hibachi and signature Chinese dishes. Expect options like hibachi shrimp sautéed with zucchini, onion, carrot, broccoli and mushrooms lobster fried rice, a fried fish roll, sweet and sour chicken, pork lo mein and a spicy tuna roll.


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