THE RUDYARD KIPLING  AKA  THE MOTHER LODGE, FROM A POEM BY THAT NAME BY RUDYARD KIPLING, CELEBRATING A PUB IN COLONIAL INDIA WHERE  SOLDIERS, MUSLIMS, HINDUS, IRISH, AND EVERY VARIETY OF MEN CHATTED AND SMILED AND VIEWED EACH OTHER WITH WARMTH AND RESPECT  Food, drink, music, theatre from all around the world Located in an historic old home on Oak Street where Temple Bodley cherished letters of the George Rogers Clark family, where from the second floor the Stites family watched boats ply Oak Street in 1937, "The Rud" preserves old brick, art glass, woodwork, and traditional Kentucky recipes blended with new music, theatre, warmth and welcome.  We want to be your "great good place"--the French cafe, the German beergarden, the hangout of your youth--where you will be comforted and refreshed in body and spirit. We offer fresh wholegrain PIZZA CRUSTs, unique soups, Kentucky cuisine (with our famous burgoo,  soupbeans and cornbread, Boonesborough snappy cheese, Hickory jalapeno Bucketown blackberry dressing); Bloody Mary, sangria, imported beers... We have live music and often present classic and avant garde theatre. Call 502-636-1311(after 6:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays)  for music and theatre information and reservations.    KEN'S BACK EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SPECIAL EVENT--TENDING BAR, ROLLING PIZZAS, WASHING DISHES.   LOVED CUSTOMERS.  IF YOU'VE BEEN AWAY, COME B-A-A-A-C-K!   We're at 422 West Oak Street in Louisville, Kentucky 40203. Click here to email us homeagin@digicove.com.  WE ARE OPEN ON WEEKENDS : FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT 6:30.  AND WE OPEN FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ON OTHER DAYS.  USUALLY THE DOORS WILL OPEN for the special events AN HOUR BEFORE THE PLAY OR CONCERT IS TO BEGIN.  PLEASE SEE OUR CALENDAR AND THE MUSIC PAGE AND PLAY PAGE TO CHECK THE SCHEDULE.. .  When you visit us, take the St. Catherine exit off I-65, follow St. Catherine to 4th or 6th Street; turn left on 4th or 6th, go one block to Oak, turn right from 4th or left from 6th onto Oak, proceed one block to the traffic light at Garvin Place. Near Garvin Place up high on the south side see the elephant sign THE RUDYARD KIPLING. Park on either side of the street.