Summers are given to humidity typical of a river valley. Other hotel chains with local facilities are Best Western, Hampton, Super 8, Red Carpet and Bluegrass Inn. Most are near I-64 or U.S. 60. Cajun cooking is served for lunch downtown at Rick's White Light Diner. Jim's Seafood, jutting over the Kentucky River near downtown, specializes in catfish, scrod, trout and fried banana peppers.
Prices are moderate.
Sandy's Steak House on the east side caters to families, as do chain restaurants Applebees, O'Charley's and Chili's on the west side. Steak 'n' Shake, also on the west side, never closes. Gabriel's in the Holiday Inn. The Kentucky Capitol, on Capital Avenue, and the Old State Capitol, downtown on Broadway, offer guided and self-guided public tours seven days a week. Admission is free.