The Southern style of the inn is also evident in its cuisine. The complimentary Continental breakfast includes grits, oatmeal and fresh-baked biscuits. But dinner is where the inn gets seriously Southern. Included were corn pudding, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy and scalloped mock oysters. If you like an adult beverage with your meal, the cake's bourbon sauce is the closest you'll come.
Mercer County is dry.
While guests of the Beaumont Inn are welcome to bring their own into the inn, alcohol is not permitted in the dining room. After our meal, we adjourned to the inn's front porch. Beaumont is French for ''beautiful hill,'' a reference to the inn's location on one of the highest points in Harrodsburg. At this gentle elevation, the coolness of the evening washed over us, a refreshing conclusion to a sun-filled day of surveying Harrodsburg's charming architecture by foot. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.