# Historic Kingfish Restaurant puts remaining riverfront locations up for sale **Published:** 2026-08-21T13:07:09.000Z **Source:** [Lane Report (KY Business)](https://www.lanereport.com/189016/2026/08/historic-kingfish-restaurant-selling-remaining-louisville-and-southern-indiana-restaurant-locations-after-78-years/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/historic-kingfish-restaurant-puts-remaining-riverfront-locations-up-for-sale A Louisville institution is listing its last two restaurants for sale after 78 years in business. The historic Kingfish Restaurant, which opened on Derby Day in 1948, has put its remaining riverfront locations in Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana on the market, according to [reporting from the Lane Report](https://www.lanereport.com/189016/2026/08/historic-kingfish-restaurant-selling-remaining-louisville-and-southern-indiana-restaurant-locations-after-78-years/). The Louisville location at 3021 River Road sits on 5.27 acres of Ohio River frontage with easy access to the Central Business District. The Jeffersonville property at 601 West Riverside Drive occupies 4.51 acres and features multiple outdoor decks overlooking downtown Louisville. Both establishments have become popular venues for weddings, banquets and special events in recent years, with live entertainment as a signature draw. The restaurant chain was founded by Russell Austin and Henry Burns, who started with modest beginnings: a refrigerator full of fish, two fryers and a cooler of beer at the foot of Fourth Street and River Road. At its height, Kingfish operated five locations, each instantly recognizable by their signature paddlewheel boat design. The founders sold the business in 1989 to Louisville-based land developers. Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Kentucky is handling the listings for both properties. The sale represents the end of an era for what has been a cornerstone of Louisville's seafood dining scene since the post-World War II era, when the restaurant became synonymous with quality seafood in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. ## Sources - [Lane Report (KY Business)](https://www.lanereport.com/189016/2026/08/historic-kingfish-restaurant-selling-remaining-louisville-and-southern-indiana-restaurant-locations-after-78-years/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Lane Report (KY Business), enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.lanereport.com/189016/2026/08/historic-kingfish-restaurant-selling-remaining-louisville-and-southern-indiana-restaurant-locations-after-78-years/.