Louisville's Urban Food Hall, located inside the Omni Louisville Hotel. In many ways, Louisville owes its existence to a stre ... tch of rapids along the Ohio River known as the Falls of the Ohio. Located about a mile north of the city, these waterfalls impeded passage in the late 1700s, requiring travelers to stop and portage their canoes further downriver. As a result, several communities sprang up along this stopping point, most prominently Louisville, which earned the nickname Falls City. Today, Falls City Market is central to the Louisville community. An open-air urban food hall, it features a mix of local groceries, restaurants, and shops. By transforming Liberty Street into a pedestrian thoroughfare, visitors and locals alike are drawn in by the scents of freshly brewed Heine Brothers’ coffee, baked bread, and fresh flowers. With chef-driven grab-and-go offerings, individual culinary stations, conventional grocery items, an artisanal bakery, and a relaxing coffee and gelato corner for connoisseurs, this is the destination for all your culinary cravings and necessities. Feed your curiosity and passion for food and more through a sumptuous selection of everything edible and otherwise – from street tacos to smoked barbeque, fresh crepes, and signature sushi, to local Louisville crafts and literature, fine wines and spirits, like small batch bourbons distilled right in Louisville. read more