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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in LEO Weekly. Updated September 2026.
The Brown Hotel · Downtown
Chef Fred Schmidt invented the Hot Brown here in 1926. J. Graham’s Cafe inside the hotel serves the original-style combination of turkey and bacon on toast under Mornay sauce, making the hotel the starting point for the dish.
J Graham's Cafe · Downtown
Brown Hotel's lobby-level cafe. Home of the original Hot Brown sandwich. Weekday a la carte breakfast and a weekend Kentucky buffet brunch.
The Goose Eatery & Hangout · Lyndon
The Goose Eatery & Hangout opened in 2023 in the old Sal’s Pizza & Sports Pub space on Lyndon Lane. Its menu includes a Hot Brown alongside seafood, burgers and pasta, keeping a neighborhood-diner feel in the strip-mall room.