Restaurant Review: The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery In Corbin, Kentucky

Shae and I love getting recommendations of things to do, places to eat, etc. on our road trip.

While we were in Louisville, we got chatting to a couple who suggested we visit The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery in Corbin as that wasn’t far from where we’d be staying in London, Kentucky.

I also received an email from Cyndy (she was our tour guide at a couple of historic homes in Columbia, South Carolina last year), suggesting that we eat at The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery.

With two people recommending it so highly, we knew we had to visit. Our original plan had been to go for my birthday, but they’re closed on Mondays. That didn’t turn out to be a bad thing as I had a great meal at Sonny’s BBQ instead. We therefore went for dinner a couple of days later after hiking up to Tri-State Peak at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

It’s nicely designed in the restaurant/bar, with exposed brick walls on both sides. For seating, there’s a long table down the middle, with smaller tables on each side of the restaurant. Apologies for the photo below – I hadn’t realized it was blurry until writing this review.

They’ve also done a good job with the decor in there. It doesn’t look like it cost a lot to decorate, but someone clearly put some thought into how to make the restaurant look nice.

When we arrived, we weren’t sure if you’re supposed to take a seat or wait to be seated. It turned out that it was neither – you place your order at the bar, then find somewhere to sit and your food is brought out.

First up, we had to decide what to drink. They have a good selection of craft beers, wines, cocktails and spirits to choose from.

We were visiting on a Wednesday which happens to be when they offer half-price bottles of wine. Shae therefore ordered a bottle of the Pinot Noir seeing as we could take the rest to go afterwards.

I decided to order a Blue Stallion hefeweizen seeing as I enjoy hefeweizens and it was brewed locally. Despite it only being 3.2% ABV, it had a decent flavor.

The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery doesn’t have a particularly extensive menu, but there were a lot of tasty-sounding options.

It was a little disappointing that we hadn’t gone there for lunch, as both the Baja Buddha Bowl and Heritage Hog BBQ Sandwich sounded delicious. Those dishes aren’t available in the evening though, so I ordered the smoked salmon BLT tacos. Shae’s doing WeightWatchers, so she got the strawberry burrata salad.

Once you’ve placed your order, you’re given a number to set on your table.

Before taking a seat though, grab your silverware and any condiments you’ll want.

I don’t think we’d even been sitting down for five minutes before our meals were brought out. My tacos came with a side of homemade shoestring fries that were beautifully seasoned and fried to perfection. They were definitely some of the best homemade fries I’ve ever had at a restaurant.

My tacos were tasty as well, although I would’ve loved even more of the sriracha aioli.

Shae’s salad consisted of roasted strawberries, spinach, burrata cheese and pistachio butter. If you’re wondering what burrata cheese is (I’d never heard of it before), it’s apparently a fresh Italian cow milk cheese made from mozzarella and cream. Although it was a different salad to the kind she’d normally eat, she enjoyed it very much and was very happy that’s what she’d ordered.

When ordering our meals, we’d noticed that their only dessert option was Derby Pie. We’d already tried Derby Pie at the Kentucky Downs Museum, but figured it would probably taste better at The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery.

That assumption was right – it was better than the one at Kentucky Downs Museum. Having said that, neither of us particularly loved Derby Pie either time. It didn’t taste bad, it just doesn’t seem to be our kind of dessert.

Final Thoughts

Many thanks to the people that recommended we eat at The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery in Corbin, Kentucky – it was a great suggestion. The food was tasty, our drinks were good and it was a reasonable price considering most (or all?) of the food is farm-to-table.

My understanding is that they rotate their menu, so if we lived in or near Corbin, I can imagine we’d visit frequently to check out what’s new.

Our Rating

Food = 4.5 / 5
Price = 4.5 / 5
Atmosphere = 4.4 / 5
Decor = 4.7 / 5
Service = 4.3 / 5

Total = 4.48 / 5

Address

The Wrigley Taproom & Eatery, 207 S Main St, Corbin, KY 40701