The Outlook Inn

Outlook Inn was established in July of 1974 by owners Ralph and Linda Bridgers after their previous establishment just a few miles down Bardstown road was demolished in the tornado of ’74 that ripped through the Highlands neighborhood. The building the Outlook resides in has been researched going back as far as 1870. From that research the building has always functioned as some type of Saloon or Tavern; initially being “Mohr’s Grocery”. The term grocery being synonymous with a saloon where you went to grab a drink and pick up other necessities.

The location then changed hands to J. Hoffmann and operated as “J. Hoffmann’s Grocery & Saloon” from 1874 all the way up to prohibition in 1920. In 1920 J. Hoffmann changed the saloon portion of the establishment to a “Soft Drink Stand”. However, from stories passed down from former patrons and actual articles found in the 1921 Courier Journal – it was well known that Hoffmann’s Soft Drink stand was a place you could still go and grab a pint of liquor for the right price.