The best places to go shopping in Louisville are here: find out which are the best malls in Louisville, which ones have in their directory your favorite stores and fashion brands, what can you find in the city’s outlets and where to get the greatest deals.
Malls in Louisville
Oxmoor Center
With one of the best retail directories in the entire city, there’s no doubt because Oxmoor Center is one of the malls in Louisville you can’t miss. This shopping center houses only the best fashion brands in the country including several stores you won’t find anywhere else in Kentucky. For example you can search for the latest fashions in stores like Brooks Brothers, Anthropologie, Untuckit, J.Jill, Vineyard Vines or athleisure brand, Lululemon. You can not only buy clothes in Oxmoor Center as there are also the Apple Store, Sephora, Lego Store or Arhaus where you can buy furniture of excellent design and quality.
And speaking of shops that are exclusively here you can go to two of the most recognized departmental stores in the country: Von Maur and Macy’s that also sell several famous fashion brands, in addition to perfumes, makeup, shoes and more. In addition, at the end of 2022, this shopping mall will have a new attraction: Topgolf. In this place you can have fun playing golf in a virtual way and it also has a restaurant and sports bar.
- Other Stores: Ann Taylor, Clarks, Evereve, Fabletics, Johnston & Murphy, H&M, Madewell, Soma
- Hours: Monday to Thursday 11AM to 8PM, Friday & Saturday 11AM to 9PM, Sunday 12PM to 6PM
Mall St. Matthews
Although other malls eventually opened in Louisville, Mall St. Matthews was the first of all big shopping centers to open in the area. Even for many years it was known as The Mall, being since its opening in 1962 a reference in the fashion world in Kentucky. Although it has a lot of competition from other malls nearby, this place still has top-notch stores. It has more than 100 stores (twice as many as Oxmoor) including both national chains and local stores. These are headlined by JCPenney and Dillard’s (shop that is divided into two buildings: one for women’s clothing and the other with the menswear department).
Chico s, Express, Aldo, Forever 21 and Journeys are other stores that you can find here as well as Zappos Unboxed, the brick-and-mortar version of the famous online store. If you want to stay for lunch in the mall, you can go to The Cheesecake Factory, for a burger in Red Robin or one of the many options that are in its food court. And if you also want to spend a good time eating, having a drink and playing video games you should go to Dave & Buster’s.
- Other Stores: Aeropostale, BoxLunch, Buckle, Foot Locker, FYE, Rally House, Spencer´s, Torrid, Ulta
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 11AM to 8PM, Sunday 12PM to 6PM
Shelbyville Road Plaza
There is no doubt that Shelbyville Road is one of the streets you have to visit in the city, as three of the main malls in Louisville are located here. While it doesn’t compare in number of stores with its neighbors Oxmoor Center or Mall St. Matthews, the Shelbyville Road Plaza has shops you’ll love. One of the city’s favorite fashion lovers is Nordstrom Rack. It is the only location of the famous outlet store in the state and is where you can buy endless discounted clothes and accessories from high-end fashion brands.
There are more places to get bargains in clothes and shoes in this small mall like Ross and Off Broadway. Its retail directory also includes Guitar Center, World Market and Kirklands. Also here is the excellent grocery store Trader Joe’s that sells a huge amount of food, spices, sweets and more.
- Hours: Monday to Sunday 10AM to 9PM
Jefferson Mall
Serving the population of the southeast area of the city, the Jefferson Mall is one of the most important in the area. This is because despite some major store closures, they have been able to add very good replacements. For example, after the closure of one of its anchor stores, Round 1 opened here a few years ago, one of the favorite places to have fun in the area. Its retailers are very diverse as they include clothing stores (H&M, Old Navy, American Eagle), department stores, furniture stores or discount stores (Ross).
Longhorn Steakhouse and Olive Garden headlines the restaurant lineup of this mall, which is complemented by a food court. Like other malls in Louisville, the Jefferson Mall is surrounded by more shops and restaurants. Some of the best shops nearby are Academy Sports, the Ashley furniture store or Hobby Lobby in addition to those in the small mall Festival at Jefferson Court, which we will talk about later.
- Other Stores: Aeropostale, Champs Sports, The Children´s Place, FYE, JCPenney, Overstock Furniture
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 10AM to 9PM, Sunday 12PM to 6PM
Paddock Shops
Although not big in size, Paddock Shops is one of the malls in Louisville you should visit. It has a very nice and sophisticated design (the best in the city), a good variety of shops and excellent restaurants. There is a lot to talk about the retail offer in Paddock Shops. We will start with GAP which sells in it store at this mall all its product lines such as Baby, Kids and Body (this one specializes in underwear and homewear). There are also its sister brands Banana Republic and Athleta.
You will find everything in the shopping center including the Pottery Barn and West Elm furniture stores plus more clothing brands like Chico’s, Jos.A.Bank and Express, plus the Orvis store. Another of its most interesting stores is Rally House, which sports fans will love as here they can buy apparel and accessories from their favorite sports teams. As we said earlier, one of the biggest attractions of Paddock Shops are its several high quality restaurants such as Stoney River, Mitchell’s Fish Market or Drake’s among several others.
- Other Stores: Barnes & Noble, DSW, Francesca´s, Hallmark Store, Red Tree Furniture, Soft Surroundigs
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 10AM to 9PM, Sunday 12PM to 6PM
Hamburg Pavilion
Hamburg Pavilion is a beautiful mall with an outdoor design that has a lot to offer its visitors. It mostly has big box stores of all kinds of products. One of its main shops is the department store Kohl’s, where you can buy clothes, kitchen wear, home decor, make up among other things. There are also several discount stores including Marshalls, Ross and Big Lots as well as two great places to buy cheap shoes: DSW and Rack Room Shoes.
Their shopping places don´t end there as Hamburg Pavillion has more shops such as Ulta Beauty, Best Buy, Dick s Sporting Goods or the bookstore Barnes & Noble and a Target. Even several major fashion brands have stores here including White House Black Market, Altar´d State, Chico s, American Eagle or Old Navy. And since not everything is shopping, you can also stay for lunch in one of its various restaurants or even watch a movie in the Regal cinemas.
- Address: 2308 Sir Barton Way, Lexington, KY
- Other Stores: At Home, Bob´s Furniture, Carter´s, Five Below, Maurices, Party City, Torrid
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 9AM to 9PM, Sunday 10AM to 7PM
Green Tree Mall
The Green Tree Mall has a long history as it is one of the oldest malls in Louisville. Its unique name is due to the fact that there were several trees in the area, highlighting one of great proportions. The mall has lost a little of the importance it had decades ago but if you go to this shopping center you will not miss places to go shopping. There are several fashion stores such as Rue 21, Aeropostale, Buckle, Maurices and American Eagle as well as JCPenney and Dillard’s. As a fun fact, in this shopping mall opened the first restaurant of the famous national chain Texas Roadhouse.
To complement the retail offer of this shopping center, nearby there are other quite interesting shops. These include two major sporting goods store chains: Bass Pro Shops and Dick’s Sporting Goods. The first specializes in products for fishing, hunting and camping (in addition to having amazing themed shops) and the second in all kinds of sports. Also nearby are several restaurants such as Red Lobster, Arby’s or Chili’s.
- Other Stores: At Home, Bath & Body Works, Finish Line, Hot Topic, Love Sick, Spencer
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 11AM to 8PM, Sunday 12PM to 6PM
Outlets in Louisville
Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass
The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass always draws big crowd thanks to its constant offers and discounts on the best fashion brands. These outlets in Louisville are located east of the city and are not that far away as you only have to drive less than half an hour from downtown to get here. Once you have arrived you will find almost 100 outlet stores of the most famous fashion brands. These include premium brands such as Polo Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, Coach and Hugo Boss.
Also located here are Brooks Brothers, Calvin Kleín, J.Crew, Kate Spade or even the outlet of the famous chain of furniture stores RH. Sporting clothes & shoe stores are here too and here you can buy products from the best brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Under Armour or Asics with very good deals. We know that shopping can be very exhausting so you can eat something at the outlet´s food court or go to one of the restaurants that are outside like El Nopal or Culver’s.
- Other Stores: Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, Cole Haan, GAP, H&M, Levi´s, The North Face
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 10AM to 9PM, Sunday 11AM to 7PM
Other Places to Go Shopping in Louisville
Springhurst Towne Center: Headlined by Target, this strip mall in the northwest part of Louisville has a little bit of everything. In addition to the supermarket there are other shops such as HomeGoods, where you can buy a variety of home decor products, kitchen wear and more with good prices. You can buy anything from either office supplies at Office Depot, sports clothes and goods at Dick’s or cheap clothes at T.J.Maxx. If you walk a little you can reach the department store Kohl’s.
Festival at Jefferson Court: There are more shops and restaurants around the Jefferson Mall. Festival at Jefferson Court is a small strip mall that although has less than a dozen shops there are some worth visiting. First of all we highlight T.J.Maxx one of the discount stores with the best reviews as it is one of those that offer clothing and accessories from premium brands with good designs. Also here is an excellent supermarket, Kroger, as well as PetSmart and the western style boot and clothing store Boot Barn. A Best Buy and restaurants such as Applebee’s and Red Lobster are within walking distance.
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