The Local

1120 Liberty St, Covington
(765) 938-6554

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Amanda Hart Shoaf

Thank you to the Local for cooking the Take and Bakes for our event. The food was declious. We appreciate you all!

Chandra Burton Gerrity

The Local is a quaint little restaurant with amazing food! My husband had Jess's Smoke Show and I had one if the Chef's specials, Tuscan Salmon and Shrimp. Both meals were amazing!!! We can't wait to go back! Always great food and wonderful service!! Had to take half of my food home and get desserts to go, along with a take and bake for another day. 🥰

Matt Allison Alexander

The Local catered a lunch for a training group at my work today. Everyone had great things to say about the meal. It was delicious and the setup looked very nice! They were so easy to work with as well. Our meal consisted of chicken salad on croissants, Italian beef sandwiches, lettuce salad, pasta salad, fruit salad and a chocolate sheet cake. We will definitely have The Local cater our next event.

Debra Edwards-Wing

Three of us dined to night and all the surf and turf... excellent! We started with a large platter of onion rings. All of our steaks were cooked exactly as ordered. The side salads were great... not just lettuce but mixed greens with ham, egg, cheese, beets and croutons. We each had a different side (waffle fries, baked mac and cheese and1 brussel sprouts.) and all three were good. Service was excellent! The atmosphere is unique...we "sat" with Chris Jenner and Oprah! We'll definitely return!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Onion Rings or Side Salad, Waffle Fries

Chandra Gerrity

I've eaten at The Local a few times now and have never been disappointed!! This place, in my opinion, is best place in the Covington area to eat!! Keep doing what you're doing!!??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

tim kemple

i have heard nothing but positive things about the food and service . We was completely surprised by our experience We had reservations for 6pm for a party of 5 to celebrate a birthday , plenty of tables available. Seat us at a table for 4. I asked the hostess if we could have a table that seats 5. She walked back to the front and asked if she could move us to another table. After a few mins she returned and seated us at a table that could seat 5 peopleThere was two other tables of 4 that have already got their food .We ordered our drinks and appetizers and meals . No bake potatoes available for min of 50--60 mins .Understandable, then 3 more tables sit 5-10 mins after we ordered. Then another party of 8 comes in gets seated . Everyone else got their drinks before us. I asked the waitress if we could get our drinks since everyone else that has been seated after us have gotten their drinks and some have gotten their appetizers and salads . Then 45 mins pass and everyone else in the restaurant have received their food and was eating . Several patrons was able to get baked potatoes . Finally our salads ,main courses and appetizers comes out all at the same time after 60-65 mins . The ranch dressing had food particles in it and was solid , requested another one .Looking forward to one of the chiefs specials the Parm crusted Halibut , cut into got a fork full of, soon as it hit my mouth the meat was frozen solid . Not just cold but frozen .I didn't want to make a big issue of it , but people eating with me , was already not happy of waiting over a hour for our food , frozen ranch dressing with food particles in it . and their orders were not correct .It bad enough that the owner seen how bad our dinner and service was and asked to take it back and get another one . I said don't worry about it , she did take it off my bill . Keep in mind there is 7-8 tables and 3 waitresses, I guess we got the wrong waitress, but when the chef special is frozen, salad dressing is also frozen and has food particles in it and the butter cheese was cold even after they lit the flame to it.As we was walking to our vehicles , the owner came out and apologized for what happened. Explained we had a new waitress. I appreciate the owner trying to correct what happened and admire her passion but unfortunately to many of the staff do not share her passion. I always support local businesses and want to see them succeed. Based upon other reviews food and service has been dead on ,maybe it was a off night. that is the only reason i gave two stars if it wasn't for the owners passion it wouldn't be worth one star . I am sure the owner has a teaching with the staff of what occurred . I truly hope she can turn it around and get staff that shares her passion.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Dee Bentley

Food and service is always spectacular.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris Nixon

The service was great and the food superb. The food is well crafted, I had the Local burger which had bacon, avocado, cheese, and a fried egg. Instead of waffle fries or onion rings, I had a side Chef Salad which was great. My friend had the BLT and onion rings. The onion rings were plentiful and very good. The price was reasonable. The entrance is at the back on the building. Well worth stopping for food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Onion Rings or Side Salad, blt

Janelle Abernathy

We went here for the first time this evening! The service was amazing! The waitress was very friendly, and the food was phenomenal! I got the Filet with waffle fries and a salad, my husband got the Prime rib with a baked potato and salad! Literally EVERYTHING was so good! We can’t wait to go back!

Dorothy Snodgrass

Not what I expected, wasn't pleased!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Caleb Stamm

Great spot for premium dinner date with the wife on our anniversary!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

William Miles

Good food. Chef inspired meals. I had a wonderful prime rib.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Steve Clark

A rainy day gave us the perfect opportunity to have a break in our farming schedule, and to dine out for supper. The Local, did not disappoint! Our salmon salad, tenderloin and BLT were all delicious. The atmosphere was relaxing and service excellent! We definitely will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Waffle Fries, blt, Breaded Tenderloin

Ambrea Martin

From being greeted with a smile, to food presentation and taste, to amazing service, this place has it all. The fact that most (if not everything) here is locally sourced makes it that much more enjoyable. We had the Goat cheese fritters for an appetizer, DELICIOUS.I had the Strawberry salad and added shrimp, EXEMPLARY. My husband had the Smokeshow Burger, PHENOMENAL. We have nothing bad to say. Amazing food, amazing service, amazing atmosphere. We will definitely be coming back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Heather Crippin

It was absolutely delicious. Fried green tomatoes were amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Green Tomatoes, Alfredo

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