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Seasonal New American cuisine pairs with local spirits & craft beer in a historic railroad depot.
Hours
| Thursday | 5–9 PM |
| Friday | 5–9 PM |
| Saturday | 5–9 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 5–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9 PM |
Address and Contact Information
Address: 330 S 3rd St # 102, Paducah, KY 42003
Phone: (270) 908-0006
Website: http://www.freighthousefood.com/
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Reviews
Alex Kain
After years of talking about it, my partner and I decided on a whim to make reservations and travel to Paducah solely to eat at Sarah’s restaurant. We are so glad we did. We made reservations for both Friday and Saturday because we wanted to try as many things as possible. The first night we ordered off the menu and the second night we had the curated tasting menu. Both meals were great, but the tasting menu was out of this world. If you’re traveling a long way, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t do the tasting menu. Everything we had was unique and absolutely delicious. My favorites were the sticky ribs and chocolate cake. I also want to give a huge shout out to our server Holly who we luckily had both nights. She was the right balance of attentive but not overbearing, knowledgeable and so much fun to talk to. We also had the pleasure of meeting Sarah Bradley and talking to her. She was just as funny and down to earth as she appears on TV. Thank you Sarah and the entire staff. We got everything we wanted out of the experience and so much more. We will remember it for the rest of our lives.
… moreJames Coyle
AMAZING!!! We enjoyed Chef Bradley’s Valentines Day menu and the food was phenomenal. We were lucky enough to sit at the “chef’s table” the end of the high top nearest the kitchen and got to witness Chef Bradley and her staff work their magic. Chef welcomed us when we first sat down and continued to interact through the evening. Duffy our server was awesome he did great explaining the dishes and keeping the courses coming. Overall an awesome experience. I can’t wait to come back and try more of Chef’s creative and beautiful dishes!
… moreLydia Schnitzer
I had high expectations and they were exceeded! I love all the vegetarian options, the plates are perfectly sized so you can actually share a dessert and have an appetizer also. The Oister Mushroom was amazing and the banana tiramisu was the best I’ve ever had. Will come back for sure!
… moreJames Rau
Delicious creatively prepared food! Being mindful of healthy eating, I was a bit apprehensive about it being dubbed as Southern cuisine. Our shared winter salad and a burrata appetizer to start won us over. But the grilled pork loin entree was the star attraction! Perfectly prepared with beautifully presented vegetables accompanying the meat, each juicy bite was sensational! Tip: the entree size is extremely generous – could easily split for 2 or plan to take home extra portion for the next night!
… moreThrough the Looking Glass
12/23/25
1st time dining here. Walked in 30 minutes before closing and still had Top Notch service, Delicious drinks and Superb food.
Will most definitely return with family and friends.
… more1st time dining here. Walked in 30 minutes before closing and still had Top Notch service, Delicious drinks and Superb food.
Will most definitely return with family and friends.
Mindy R.
I have talked about coming to this restaurant literally for years, because I wanted to try Chef Sara Bradley’s cuisine. We drove 1 1/2 hours when we were visiting Tennessee to try this restaurant.
For our anniversary, my husband purchased a tasting menu experience for us. When you walk in, for the tasting experience, you are literally right next to the hostess table, near the kitchen staff at a long high table with tall chairs, the kind that you have to jump up to sit down. If you’re overlooking the restaurant like I was, you can see more relaxing booth/bench seating towards the other side of the restaurant with better more relaxed lighting. They looked more comfortable than we were. I expected a higher level of service and ambience since the tasting menu was significantly more expensive than regular dining.
At the tasting menu table you also sit directly next to other tasting menu diners who are receiving the same courses. If the other diners at the table started earlier, they will be a course or two ahead of you so the fun of being surprised or delighted by a new dish coming out is lost. You know what they’re bringing out and the waiter responsible for serving the table parrots the same script to you that you just heard 30 minutes ago. So, sitting at one long table is not ideal because you and your partner have no privacy. You’re hearing your neighbor’s conversation and they’re hearing yours. We were literally shoulder to shoulder. Bunching all the tasting menu diners together, needs to be redesigned and reconsidered.
The food was good, but not great. I was expecting a lot more. The tasting menu had coconut throughout the entire meal, and notes of sweetness when it didn’t need to be there. The cauliflower dish was delicious, but the PB&J rib was greasy, overly sweet overcooked rib with cornflakes and peanut butter was not good. It made no sense being on the tasting menu. Very disappointing. The experience ended with a chocolate mayonnaise cake with no real flare other than Marshmallow fluff that had been torched. It felt as though the menu selections were based upon the ease of the staff being able to get food out to the diner versus showcasing some of the best things the restaurant had to offer.
The waiter dedicated to the tasting menu table, should be replaced. He is not representing the restaurant very well. In between courses we waited about 15 -20 minutes after dishes were cleared for the next course which made for a long dining experience with 6 courses. The couple near us also commented how slow the service was. In addition, you’re hearing the exact same course description again and again. It felt very transactional and felt disingenuous. There was minimal to no personal interaction with the waiter, as it was a drop and pick up process. All of us were looking for a higher quality experience since we were there to celebrate a special occasion. I think building a mandatory tip into the tasting menu fee, results in the wait staff not being motivated to provide good service because they were getting a good tip regardless. Our waiter was often fluttering throughout the restaurant and too busy to check back on the table. For instance, we wanted to order unique bourbon from their amazing list. Our waiter never came back, so I had to flag someone else down to place our order. They screwed it up and we had to order again. We waited 30 minutes just to get one bourbon order.
All in all, the ambience and the food was ok, again not great. The tasting menu choices toggled from being artfully prepared (Cauliflower dish) to being slop on a plate (PB&J rib). I expected higher quality service/food for what we paid for since it was a Top Chef Finalist and James Beard Award Nominee restauranteur. Fun evening with my husband, but overall disappointing.
… moreFor our anniversary, my husband purchased a tasting menu experience for us. When you walk in, for the tasting experience, you are literally right next to the hostess table, near the kitchen staff at a long high table with tall chairs, the kind that you have to jump up to sit down. If you’re overlooking the restaurant like I was, you can see more relaxing booth/bench seating towards the other side of the restaurant with better more relaxed lighting. They looked more comfortable than we were. I expected a higher level of service and ambience since the tasting menu was significantly more expensive than regular dining.
At the tasting menu table you also sit directly next to other tasting menu diners who are receiving the same courses. If the other diners at the table started earlier, they will be a course or two ahead of you so the fun of being surprised or delighted by a new dish coming out is lost. You know what they’re bringing out and the waiter responsible for serving the table parrots the same script to you that you just heard 30 minutes ago. So, sitting at one long table is not ideal because you and your partner have no privacy. You’re hearing your neighbor’s conversation and they’re hearing yours. We were literally shoulder to shoulder. Bunching all the tasting menu diners together, needs to be redesigned and reconsidered.
The food was good, but not great. I was expecting a lot more. The tasting menu had coconut throughout the entire meal, and notes of sweetness when it didn’t need to be there. The cauliflower dish was delicious, but the PB&J rib was greasy, overly sweet overcooked rib with cornflakes and peanut butter was not good. It made no sense being on the tasting menu. Very disappointing. The experience ended with a chocolate mayonnaise cake with no real flare other than Marshmallow fluff that had been torched. It felt as though the menu selections were based upon the ease of the staff being able to get food out to the diner versus showcasing some of the best things the restaurant had to offer.
The waiter dedicated to the tasting menu table, should be replaced. He is not representing the restaurant very well. In between courses we waited about 15 -20 minutes after dishes were cleared for the next course which made for a long dining experience with 6 courses. The couple near us also commented how slow the service was. In addition, you’re hearing the exact same course description again and again. It felt very transactional and felt disingenuous. There was minimal to no personal interaction with the waiter, as it was a drop and pick up process. All of us were looking for a higher quality experience since we were there to celebrate a special occasion. I think building a mandatory tip into the tasting menu fee, results in the wait staff not being motivated to provide good service because they were getting a good tip regardless. Our waiter was often fluttering throughout the restaurant and too busy to check back on the table. For instance, we wanted to order unique bourbon from their amazing list. Our waiter never came back, so I had to flag someone else down to place our order. They screwed it up and we had to order again. We waited 30 minutes just to get one bourbon order.
All in all, the ambience and the food was ok, again not great. The tasting menu choices toggled from being artfully prepared (Cauliflower dish) to being slop on a plate (PB&J rib). I expected higher quality service/food for what we paid for since it was a Top Chef Finalist and James Beard Award Nominee restauranteur. Fun evening with my husband, but overall disappointing.
Steve M
We had the Sticky Ribs, Pimento Cheese, and Stuffed Mushrooms as the appetizers. Wow!! Talk about flavor!! Def highly recommended! For the main: Steak with Potatoes/Greens and Shrimp & Grits. Both were really tasty! The only reason why this place didn’t get a full 5 Stars is because the Strawberry Lemonade Cake for dessert just didn’t quite hit the spot like the other dishes. It was dense and didn’t had a pleasant taste.
… moreNicole Wimmer
Completely enchanting, once-in-a-lifetime experience tonight at Freight House!
When we knew we’d be relocating and were planning our trip across the country, we had noticed that Sara Bradley, our favorite contestant from my favorite show, Top Chef, had a restaurant in Paducah, Kentucky and that if we gamed it just right, left at the right day and took the right path across the US etc, we might be able to stop at her restaurant on our way across the country. Our anniversary was last Saturday, Adelaide and I were SO excited to eat the food from her restaurant; I warned the girls that Sara most likely would not actually be there herself but that we would enjoy her restaurant. We were totally excited and starstruck when she was actually there, we were somehow seated at (what we felt was the) the best table in the place right next to the kitchen, and then she kept smiling at the girls all night long. Adelaide kept begging us to go over and ask to take a picture of her on the way out and she even created a little collage of her surreptitiously taking a picture of Sara walking past. ♀️☠️ As we were leaving, Sara walked directly up to us and told the girls how much she had been enjoying smiling with them tonight and invited the girls back into the kitchen where she prepared some plums and allowed them to tour the kitchen as well as gave them a taste of marshmallow fluff they had prepared . She talked to them so kindly and I got so choked up seeing how nicely she was treating the girls and couldn’t even put my thanks into words! What a wonderful night and an unforgettable restaurant experience. We had so many different things from the menu; for me, the grilled ceasar, the pb+j ribs, and the burrata were standouts but we truly loved everything! This experience just reinforced every reason why I have always been completely inspired by her in @bravotopchef and @foodnetwork TOC, have so appreciated how she uses her platform for good to encourage women and especially mothers. My girls were so happy! My 9 year old asked me, “Do you think the news will want to do a story about us now that we met her and went in her kitchen?!”
The kitchen was so calm, the staff so friendly, and it was perfect.
… moreWhen we knew we’d be relocating and were planning our trip across the country, we had noticed that Sara Bradley, our favorite contestant from my favorite show, Top Chef, had a restaurant in Paducah, Kentucky and that if we gamed it just right, left at the right day and took the right path across the US etc, we might be able to stop at her restaurant on our way across the country. Our anniversary was last Saturday, Adelaide and I were SO excited to eat the food from her restaurant; I warned the girls that Sara most likely would not actually be there herself but that we would enjoy her restaurant. We were totally excited and starstruck when she was actually there, we were somehow seated at (what we felt was the) the best table in the place right next to the kitchen, and then she kept smiling at the girls all night long. Adelaide kept begging us to go over and ask to take a picture of her on the way out and she even created a little collage of her surreptitiously taking a picture of Sara walking past. ♀️☠️ As we were leaving, Sara walked directly up to us and told the girls how much she had been enjoying smiling with them tonight and invited the girls back into the kitchen where she prepared some plums and allowed them to tour the kitchen as well as gave them a taste of marshmallow fluff they had prepared . She talked to them so kindly and I got so choked up seeing how nicely she was treating the girls and couldn’t even put my thanks into words! What a wonderful night and an unforgettable restaurant experience. We had so many different things from the menu; for me, the grilled ceasar, the pb+j ribs, and the burrata were standouts but we truly loved everything! This experience just reinforced every reason why I have always been completely inspired by her in @bravotopchef and @foodnetwork TOC, have so appreciated how she uses her platform for good to encourage women and especially mothers. My girls were so happy! My 9 year old asked me, “Do you think the news will want to do a story about us now that we met her and went in her kitchen?!”
The kitchen was so calm, the staff so friendly, and it was perfect.
Sophia Winkler-Schor (Sophia Winkler)
The food was delicious! We were overall really pleased with what we ordered and it was a great stop on our way down to Nashville! We ordered ninis pickles, peaches and cream salad, the melon cold soup, sticky ribs, cauliflower, corn bread, cheesy grits, sweet greens, for dessert we had summer fruit cobbler and peanut butter and chocolate chip ice cream. WOW. This was a great meal. My friend and I are major foodies so there were a few things we found amazing and others underwhelming (pickles—no lemon grass flavor), cauliflower was amazing but really just an app. Not equivalent to a meal since the mains with meat came with a starch too. Weird that vegetarian mains aren’t actually a main. But the cauliflower was so tasty. We loved the grits. The cornbread was also good not mind blowing though. Now the things that blew our mind was the melon soup and sticky ribs. Chef’s kiss! Truly perfect dishes. Layered, complex, balanced, unique! The cashew macha salsa on the ribs and the melon soup was full of goodies. Yum yum yum. The dessert was also soooo good! The stone fruit cobbler was really lemon zesty in the best way! Now our biggest surprise here was the atmosphere and service. We thought a lot of touches were missing for a restaurant of this caliber. First, the restaurant is in the weirdest location. If it was two blocks over in the adorable little down town the vibe would have been much better. We were seated on the patio which is facing a big parking lot. 1/10 on vibes. Second, not having paper menus at a place like this is a real pity. It kills the mood immediately. Third, they give you the bill by just placing it on your table. No clip board or card holder. Even low end restaurants have something to clip it to and put your card in. Very weird. Other than the location, these things can be improved. The location and atmosphere is a disappointment but I’d come back for the food no question asked!
… moreLaura Guy
We only had one night in Paducah, and we’re so glad we spent it here. If we were staying longer, we’d come back every night. We made reservations for 5 pm, and got a table for 2 next to the wall. This meant the noise level was just right for us. Service was great. We shared a bourbon cocktail (Triple Crown?) that was amazing and very potent. We got the fresh pickles and smoked olives for starters. Both were full of flavor and something we’ve never tasted before. We also tried the cold melon soup, and the subtle flavors increased with each spoonful. My husband got the catfish and said it was the best he’s ever had. I got the grilled pork tenderloin, and it was delicious and a generous portion. Dessert was the cobbler, and it was fruity and crunchy and served warm with ice cream. We finished the night with decaf coffee which was served in a French press. A very memorable meal!
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