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Grand Rivers Kentucky
Grand Rivers, KY Spring Festival & Quilt Show
Grand Rivers is a charming resort village located about 20 miles east of Paducah. Located between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake at the north end of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, it is an especially popular destination during Paducah's AQS Quilt Show. The village has a number of attractions and in addition they host their own Quilt Show & Spring Festival the last weekend in April to coincide with the "Big Quilt Show" in Paducah.
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 See our Blog Post on the 2011 Grand Rivers Quilt Show
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Patti's 1880's Settlement
Patti's is a village-within-a-village, a re-created historical log cabin community, complete with a fine restaurant, acres of gardens, several artisan shops, a mini-zoo, a wedding chapel, a cafe-coffee shop, a miniature golf course, a sailing pond and more.
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 Walking paths wind through the gardens and shops
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< < < The Water Wheel is next to Anna's Garden Cafe & Coffee House.
< < < In foreground, part of the children's zoo; in the background, the Wedding Chapel.
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Patti's Settlement Restaurant
While overall the restaurant can handle hundreds of guests, numerous small dining rooms create an intimate atmosphere. The ambience is enhanced by antique hardwood chairs and tables as well as memorabilia hanging on the walls and from the ceiling.
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 See our Patti's Settlement restaurant review.
Plus our re-visit to Patti's and our review of brother Bill's Restaurant |
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Other Grand Rivers Attractions
Grand Rivers has a collection of unique gift shops, artisan shops, antique stores.
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They also have the Badgett Playhouse with a regular schedule of music and variety shows, plus educational plays and movies.
We discovered an antique quilt exhibit in the town's tourism office > > >
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The Iron Kettle Restaurant was opening for the season on a Monday when we arrived in town. By Thursday, the restaurant was on fire ! (Click here to see the photographs of the Iron Kettle Restaurant Fire)
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Located across the highway from the center of town, the family run Lite Side Cafe offers tasty home made bakery goods, an excellent breakfast, and friendly, attentive service. > > > |
< < < The entrance to the Canal Campground Recreation Area, a popular RV park at the edge of Grand Rivers.
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Things to see and do in Grand Rivers and Western Kentucky
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Paducah
Quilt Show
info on 2017 Show
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Booking a Hotel in Paducah, Grand Rivers and
surrounding area
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