Popular Italian restaurant opening in Georgetown after closing Louisville location
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- Milano Italian plans to open in downtown Georgetown at 135 E Main Street.
- Owners closed Louisville site, keep Shelbyville spot, and shift to smaller town.
- Menu features scratch dough, handmade pasta, 13 calzones and a lunch menu.
A popular Louisville-area Italian restaurant has opened a new location in Central Kentucky with homemade dishes from family recipes.
Milano Italian Restaurant is opening Oct. 14 in downtown Georgetown at 135 E. Main Street in the former location of The Brown Barrel & Blind Harry’s, which closed at the end of September.
The family-owned Italian restaurant decided to close its Louisville location at the end of October, instead wanting a smaller town location. They still operate their Shelbyville location that opened in 2000.
What is on Milano’s menu?
Milano’s menu is made from scratch, based on the owner’s grandmother’s recipes.
“Everything in the house is homemade, we prepare our own dough, sauce and pasta,” said Lorenzo Milano, a son of the owner.
Handmade pastas include penne, fettuccine, ravioli, lasagna, spaghetti and tortellini.
Milano’s is also popular for its many calzones — there are 13 on the menu, plus a build your own option. There’s even a “Godfather’s Calzone Challenge,” where if you eat a monster 5 pound calzone in under an hour, the $49.99 meal is free.
So far, only one person has conquered it.
“That’s going to be fun to watch to see people try to beat it,” said Milano.
There’s a variety of salads, pizzas and pasta dishes, including seafood options like lobster ravioli ($20.99).
How is the Georgetown Milano’s different from the other location?
While the menus are the same at the two restaurants, Milano says the Georgetown location will have new lunch options featuring 17 specials, each for $8.99.
The family has also done some renovations to the downtown Georgetown restaurant location. Milano says they put in new flooring, lighting, murals and made the bathrooms more modern.
Milano Italian Restaurant
Where: 135 E Main Street, Georgetown
Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sun.
Online: milanoky.com
This story was originally published November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM.
