Phantoms of Prohibition: Ghosts Cocktails & Bites Walking Tour
Overview
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3 hours
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Discover Louisville's Prohibition history on this haunted walking food & cocktail tour in downtown Louisville!
Travel back in time to Whiskey Row during the era of hidden speakeasies to savor handcrafted Prohibition-era cocktails paired with delicious small bites. Along the way, you'll unravel salacious true stories of Prohibition: ruthless bootleggers, Whiskey distillers, mobsters, the Louisville origins of the Great Gatsby, and even an axe-wielding temperance supporter. You'll also hear chilling ghost stories that have left their mark on the city's checkered past.
Our expert guides will transport you to the days of secret bars and underground revelry in Prohibition-era downtown Louisville. One part ghost tour, one part Jazz-Age cocktail tour, this 3-hour immersive experience combines dinner and cocktails with spine-tingling ghost stories and a host of colorful characters from Louisville's bootlegging past. You'll leave with a taste of history- and perhaps a shiver down your spine.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This tour is 21+ and infants are NOT allowed per Kentucky law.
Mocktail options available for non-drinkers, please message us to let us know.
Please note that the itinerary and menu is subject to change, based on the locations' availability, weather, and other circumstances.
Suitable for all fitness levels, but please note that this tour covers roughly 1.5 miles of walking.
Tours run in rain, shine, or snow unless weather becomes severe or constitutes a dangerous situation.
This tour can accommodate vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options. Please notify us in advance at least 24h before the tour start time if you have any dietary restrictions.
Louisville Food Tours is proudly locally owned and operated.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
You'll begin your tour with a cocktail at a speakeasy hidden underneath Whiskey Row as we go back in time to the Prohibition era.
Old Forester Distilling
We will pass by Old Forester Distillery on Whiskey Row and learn about the ghosts that haunt this historic block, while stopping at a pub next door for bites and a bourbon cocktail.
What‘s Included
Fun & knowledgeable guides
Spine-tingling ghost stories
Fascinating untold tales from Louisville's Prohibition past
Small group for a more personalized experience
Delicious Prohibition-era cocktails (mocktails available on request)
Small bites served at multiple stops
Gratuity
Transportation
Actual ghosts
Options
Standard Adult Ticket
Cocktails and Bites: Enjoy delicious cocktails and small bites paired with fascinating stories from Prohibition and haunted history.
Premium Bourbon Upgrade Ticket
Premium Bourbon Pour: Elevate your experience with 4 rare, premium bourbon pours served throughout your tour.
Reviews
375 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great first thing to do
Amy C,,Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great tour! Jodi was very enthusiastic with great stories. Great to do on your first night in town. Lots of great ideas for things to do.
Great Fun!
SarahE,,Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I would do it again. Greta was a great guide. It was very interesting and a lit of fun. Drinks and bites were fabulous.
Jodi was great, very...
allen H,,Nov 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Jodi was great, very knowledgeable and her stories were hypnotizing and interesting. Cool little locations that we never would have found on own.
A great time!
917candaceb,,Nov 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We are locals and absolutely loved Christina’s expertise and story telling. She knows her stuff. Not only was she hilarious, and knowledgeable, she had the best recommendations to make our experience the best. I have never been a bourbon drinker, but she taught me how to drink bourbon to appreciate the taste. Can’t wait to book our next tour with our new local favorite. 🫶
Amazing!
matteG5194LV,,Nov 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was an absolute blast. Jodi was incredibly knowledgeable about everywhere we went and everything was absolutely amazing.
Great Intro to Kentucky For Us Out-of-Towners!
keithd544,,Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Greta was a phenomenal guide! Fun and informative, quirky and interesting. My wife and I loved it. Tremendous drinks and great food!
Not enough food
Dreamer751100,,Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00The focus of this tour was more about the drinks than the food. My wife and I felt the food was inadequate, we went out to dinner afterwards because we were still hungry. We’ve been on three other food tours in other cities and always were full afterwards. Our guide was entertaining and knowledgeable about the local history
A Good snapshot of prohibition times in downtown Louisville
Traveler48439961965,,Nov 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a great tour of downtown area and learned a lot about its history in regards to prohibition . Jodi was very friendly and knowledgeable about the different buildings and hotels. She entertained us with ghost stories and local history. The food and cocktail samples were tasty.
Phantoms of Prohibition is an A+ Tour!
sergiogI5630JS,,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing experience! Loved everything about the tour and got to know the history of old Louisville, prohibition and the ghosts that reside. Greta was an excellent guide!
Inaccurate Details and Underwhelming Cocktails and Bites.
Adventure779553,,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00This tour doesn't live up to expectations as it's described on TripAdvisor. Also, some of the details of the Tour are inaccurate. TripAdvisor list the Tour as Cocktails and bites at multiple stops in Louisville Whiskey Row while technically true. The bites are very underwhelming it would be generous to call them nibbles and the cocktail pours start with 2/3rds of a cocktail and shrink with each stop as the last stop was a sip of an old fashioned. The End Point of the Tour wasn't where it was advertised. It's listed that you end at the Galt Hotel so that's where we parked when in reality we stopped at a rooftop bar 6 blocks from the Galt.
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