The Cozy Cottage guidebook
Food scene
Distilleries, Bars and Restaurants
Visit beautiful downtown Paducah and buy some local fare while you're there. Local fruits and vegetables and a whole lot more. Closed in winter.
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Downtown Paducah Farmer Market
306 N 2nd StVisit beautiful downtown Paducah and buy some local fare while you're there. Local fruits and vegetables and a whole lot more. Closed in winter.
Sightseeing
Visit Paducah's hidden gem, The Hotel Metropolitan (CIRCA 1909). Paducah's own African-American Hotel & Museum is steeped in black history & herstory.
When you get to the Hotel Metropolitan, it’s easy to see the charm it brings to Paducah, but what you can’t see are the stories that are inside about its history.
Betty Dobson is the hotel director. One thing she really enjoys about her job is giving tours.
“When they grab the stairwell, they’re grabbing the same stairwell that all those famous people —Ike and Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Thurgood Marshall. They all had their hands on this particular railing going up to their rooms,” said Dobson.
In 1909, 24-year-old widow Maggie Steed saw a business opportunity in Paducah. The thriving African-American community was in need of a hotel. In the days of segregation, African-Americans could not buy rooms at white hotels.
The Hotel Metropolitan was the first hotel in Paducah operated by and for African-Americans. It symbolizes a cultural oasis in a time of segregation, and was a stop along the old Chitlin’ Circuit for traveling musicians who weren’t allowed to access white hotels.
For guided tours (by appointment) call 270-443-7918.
Located at 724 Oscar Cross Ave, Paducah, KY 42003.
Hotel Metropolitan
724 Oscar Cross AveVisit Paducah's hidden gem, The Hotel Metropolitan (CIRCA 1909). Paducah's own African-American Hotel & Museum is steeped in black history & herstory.
When you get to the Hotel Metropolitan, it’s easy to see the charm it brings to Paducah, but what you can’t see are the stories that are inside about its history.
Betty Dobson is the hotel director. One thing she really enjoys about her job is giving tours.
“When they grab the stairwell, they’re grabbing the same stairwell that all those famous people —Ike and Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, Thurgood Marshall. They all had their hands on this particular railing going up to their rooms,” said Dobson.
In 1909, 24-year-old widow Maggie Steed saw a business opportunity in Paducah. The thriving African-American community was in need of a hotel. In the days of segregation, African-Americans could not buy rooms at white hotels.
The Hotel Metropolitan was the first hotel in Paducah operated by and for African-Americans. It symbolizes a cultural oasis in a time of segregation, and was a stop along the old Chitlin’ Circuit for traveling musicians who weren’t allowed to access white hotels.
For guided tours (by appointment) call 270-443-7918.
Located at 724 Oscar Cross Ave, Paducah, KY 42003.
Paducah is a UNESCO Creative City. Visit our historic Lowertown Arts District adjacent to Downtown Paducah.
You'll find fine restaurants & unique shops, moonshine & bourbon distilleries, and fun nightspots.
Visit the Wall to Wall Murals which capture the rich history of Paducah, as you stroll along the floodwall at the confluence of the Tennessee River & Ohio Rivers.
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Paducah City-Lowertown
Paducah is a UNESCO Creative City. Visit our historic Lowertown Arts District adjacent to Downtown Paducah.
You'll find fine restaurants & unique shops, moonshine & bourbon distilleries, and fun nightspots.
Visit the Wall to Wall Murals which capture the rich history of Paducah, as you stroll along the floodwall at the confluence of the Tennessee River & Ohio Rivers.