City Consensus · Louisville
Hot Brown in Louisville
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Hot Brown in Louisville below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 3 Hot Browns in Louisville
The Kentucky Hot Brown picks — cross-referenced from LEO Weekly's coverage, the Brown Hotel's own dining room, and LEO/Louisville Tourism's annual Hot Brown Week.
- #1
The Brown Hotel
Downtown
“The origin — chef Fred Schmidt invented the Hot Brown here in 1926. LEO's breakfast guide sends you to J. Graham's Cafe inside the hotel as the canonical version, turkey and bacon under Mornay on toast.”
- #2
J Graham's Cafe
Downtown
“LEO's breakfast guide calls the Brown Hotel's lobby-level cafe 'historic and elegant as the home of the original Hot Brown sandwich,' with a weekday a la carte breakfast and a weekend Kentucky buffet brunch.”
- #3
The Goose Eatery & Hangout
Lyndon
“The former Goose Creek Diner, relocated to Lyndon as The Goose — LEO-era reviews call the Mornay here the nearest suburban analogue to the Brown Hotel's, with crispy bacon and toast that never goes soggy.”