Paducah Attractions
When you're not riding at LBL or Tunnel Hill, you can stay in town and explore Paducah by bike. Paducah is home to a vibrant arts community.  Enjoy performing arts, museums and restaurants, . Most places in and around town are fairly accessible by bike, but to avoid motor vehicular traffic, you'll often need to take the road less traveled. Don't know your way around the back streets? Just email us! Tell us where you're coming from and where you want to go. We'll trace the route we would use for the same trip and send it back to you. 

Some of Our Favorite Paducah Spots

Plays: Market House Theater  Acclaimed, incredible, nationally recognized. Community theater doesn't get any better than MHT!  main stage and youth season.

Movies: Maiden Alley Cinema In the heart of downtown! Our favorite movie theater shows hard to find,  little known great films, shorts, foreign language films and great classics.

Old fashioned evenings at the baseball park: Brooks Stadium

Radio Station: WKMS  91.3 & 92.0 FM Our national public radio station!

Revitalized Neighborhood: Lowertown Arts District  What a neighborhood should be!

Schools: Paducah City Schools  The most diverse school system in the state! Recognized by Standard & Poore as one of the top achieving in the nation. Not designated  a magnet school, but Paducah Tilghman High draws from many neighboring areas, and with good reason! Randomly -- a quick few Tilghman alumni: 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Robert H. Grubbs;, Golden Glove winner Steve Findley; seven-time All-American sprinter, Danielle Carruthers; and numerous writers including "The Dollar Crisis" author Richard Duncan; and Orlando Sentinel beat reporter, Kyle Hightower .

Symphony & Other Performing Arts: Luther F. Carson Center for the Performing Arts 

www.paducahsymphony.org   Many much larger cities don't offer performances of this caliber!

"Unique to Paducah” Places To Eat  - If there’s another branch of the same restaurant in any other town then you won’t find that eatery listed here. These are “Only in Paducah.”  

House of Grace, 2620 Jackson St, 270.443.5356 Specialties: House of Grace Tea, California chicken salad, Curtis's chicken salad and the daily specials. Only open for  lunch, & only M- F.
Owner, Tim Grace reserves the rest of his time for his outdoor hobbies, cycling included.

Whaler's Catch Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 123 N 2nd St, 270-444-7701, If the weather's nice, ask to sit outside in the crow's nest.

Max’s Brick Oven, 112 Market House Sq 270-575-3473 

Jeremiah’s Restaurant and Antique Mall ,225 Broadway, 270-443-3991 www.jeremiahsgreatsteaks.com

 

Flamingo Row, www.flamingorow.com, 2640 Perkins Creek Dr.,  270-442-0460

 

Ristorante di Fratelli, fratelli@comcast.net 211 Broadway, 270-442-7054 $$$

 

Cynthia’s Ristorante, www.cynthiasristorante.com 125 Market House Square, $$$
270-443-3319

 

Tribecca Mexican Cuisine, www.tribeca-restaurant.net  127 Market House Sq. 800-264-5607

 
The Stranded Cow Cafe (open till 3 PM)  527 North 6th St.
270/575-0020 thestrandedcow@comcast.net  (Affordable)

 

Starnes at RiverPlace 108 Broadway, Paducah KY 42001  270-442-2122 (Very Affordable)

Kirchhoff's Bakery & Deli, 114 -118 South 2nd St. 270.442.7117. A family business begun in 1873, famous for their cookies & breads. Lunch specials M-F.  Affordable

Good Place To Just Hang Out
 

Etcetera Coffeehouse, 320 N. 6th Street, Student art, Leopard Forest coffee and bubble tea. Also muffins, bagels, and brownies. 270.443.7760 Hours: Sun., Mon., & Thurs., 8 AM-5:30 PM; Fri. & Sat., 8 AM-9:30 PM

An afternoon trip: Wickliffe Mounds, 94 Green Street, Wickliffe, KY 42087, 270-335-3681
35 miles west of Paducah. This is the absolutely neatest, little known site in western KY. Archaeological site of a prehistoric Native American village of the Mississippian mound builders, exhibits the excavated features of the burial mounds.

Just Across the River for more "Super" Fun! 

The Photo Op You can't Miss:
SUPERMAN STATUE
In 1972, Metropolis, Illinois, j was granted authorization by DC Comics to proclaim itself the adopted "Home of Superman." In honor of the Man of Steel, the town erected a larger-than-life statue of the superhero that attracts visitors from all over the world. First order of business, getting your photo snapped with Superman! Then, cross the street and visit the Super Museum, where you'll find more Superman memorabilia than we know what to do with, and a gift shop take home souvenirs. Want more information: