15 best places to get Kentucky Hot brown in Louisville KY

Kentucky Hot Browns is a type of sandwich created by Fred K Schmidt of Brown Hotel in Louisville. Kentucky Hot Brown, aka Hot Brown, is an open-faced sandwich stuffed with turkey, bacon, tomatoes, and a creamy cheese sauce. Also, this is a sandwich that you typically eat with cutleries. The list is curated with the help of online reviews and rankings.

15. The Cottage Inn - Eastern Pkwy

The Cottage Inn is a southern restaurant in Louisville. It has hot browns as one of their most talked about dishes in Google Reviews. Their take on the Kentucky Hot Brown (listed in their menu as the Cottage Inn Hot Brown) consists of "Oven-roasted turkey on a bed of white toast topped with melted cheese, bacon and tomatoes." Their hot brown is often described as being cheesy.

14. The Village Anchor - Park Rd

The Village Anchor is described as a cozy eatery with a fireplace as well as a great selection of food and drinks, including the classic Kentucky hot brown sandwich. They don't have a hot brown sandwich because they have a hotter brown sandwich, which consists of pulled roasted chicken (unlike the usual turkey slices), french bread stuffing, cheddar-parmesan Mornay sauce, grape tomatoes, and candied anchor bacon.

13. Rubbies Southside Grill & Bar - Southside Dr

Rubbies is a BBQ restaurant and bar with live music that offers a variety of dishes to its customers. Their Kentucky Hot Browns were a recommendation from a Reddit thread about two or three years old, but it is still worth a try. Rubbies serve their hot browns the classic way with plenty of creamy cheese sauce and toppings like bacon strips and tomato slices.

12. Wagner's Pharmacy - 4th St

Wagner's Pharmacy is a long-standing derby-themed diner that has been serving the Louisville community since 1922. Though their hot Browns (made of toast and sliced turkey covered in mornay sauce and toppings like grilled bacon, diced tomatoes, and shredded parmesan cheese) has mixed reviews regarding the sauce, it is still a fav for many. According to reviewers online, Wagner's provides great hot browns and a great atmosphere to dine in.

11. Big Bad Breakfast - Multiple Locations

Big Bad Breakfast provides more than just a good breakfast option; it also provides lunch and a variety of drinks. According to Google Reviews, one can never go wrong with a hot brown from Big Bad Breakfast at Barret Ave. The reviews do have a lot of people raving about their Big Bad Hot Brown and a "nice homemade sauce."

10. Biscuit Belly - Multiple Locations

Though Biscuit Belly is available in Multiple locations, the one that features in Yelp's best places for hot brown is the Biscuit Belly(St. Matthews). Unlike the classic hot brown, Biscuit Belly doesn't serve their hot browns on toast. Instead, they serve the turkey, smoked gouda mornay, bacon, and roasted tomato on an open-faced biscuit. Regardless of that, the reviewers on Google seem to love the dish.

9. Highland Tap Room - Bardstown Rd

Highland Tap Room is not just a dining spot but is a perfect hangout spot with food, drinks, karaoke, and trivia nights. Coming to their Hot Browns, let us hear from a satisfied customer. According to Joseph.O. on Yelp, Highland Tap Room has one of the best hot browns the reviewer has ever had, with its great sauce, turkey slices, and even the thick tomatoes.

8. Wild Eggs - Multiple Locations

Though usually Hot browns do not come with eggs, Wild Eggs serve their hot browns with a fried egg on top. So, Wild Eggs take on the Kentucky Hot Browns (listed on their menu as the Kelsey's KY Brown) comes with "toasted sourdough bread, roasted turkey, applewood smoked bacon, tomato, white cheddar Mornay, a fried egg, and smoked paprika."

7. Bristol Bar & Grille - Main Street

Bristol Bar & Grille is known for their classic American eateries as well as for their green chile wontons. One of the classic American items that they are popular for is the Kentucky Hot Browns. Their classic rich yet delicious hot Browns with thick yet tender slices of turkey and sauce are one of the most talked about items off their menu on Google reviews.

6. Gorilla Bob's Grub Shack - Terry Rd

Gorilla Bob's Grub Shack, at Pleasure Ridge Town Centre in Louisville, offers a 'well-seasoned' hot brown with jalapenos. It consists of two pieces of Texas toast served with sliced turkey topped with a rich and creamy mornay sauce, tomato, bacon, jalapenos, and a good amount of melted cheddar cheese. They also have hot brown fries if one wants to try them.

5. The Goose Eatery & Hangout - Lyndon

The Goose Eatery is an American Restaurant located at the Lyndon Crossing. They offer more than just one type of Kentucky Hot Browns apart from the classic hot browns. There are Prime Brown, served with shaved prime rib, Texas toast, Mornay sauce, tomatoes, bacon, and parmesan, and a stuffed Brown that comes with Roasted Turkey on Bread dressing, Mornay, Tomatoes, Bacon and parmesan cheese.

4. The Cafe - Brent St

The Café is a high-rated restaurant that is just minimalist in its name, while its menu features a variety of items including the classic hot brown but with a twist. The Cafe serves hot brown, smothered tots as an appetizer. The dish, according to their online menu, consists of "House-made Mornay, roasted turkey breast, diced tomatoes, cheddar cheese, and applewood-smoked bacon."

3. Lou Lou Food & Drink - Sears Ave

Lou Lou is a cafeteria that primarily serves New Orleans and Italy-influenced Southern cuisine. Their hot Browns are served the usual way (with Mornay Sauce, Roasted Turkey, Smoked Bacon, and Tomatoes) for $17.According to Lindsey Sigmon, who highly recommends the dish, one can just ditch the menu and order the hot brown because it's a "killer" dish.

2. Gander, An American Grill - English Station Rd

Gander provides three different versions of the Kentucky Hot Brown. For instance, their Breakfast hot brown comes with smoked ham, Texas toast, house-made Mornay sauce, sliced bacon, tomatoes, and over medium egg. On their dinner menu, they serve hot browns with roasted turkey and other usual toppings. Meanwhile, the lunch hot brown is almost the same as the dinner brown but the menu doesn't mention French toast.

1. The Brown Hotel (J Grahams Cafe) - Broadway

The Brown Hotel is the birthplace of the Kentucky Hot Brown, and it is still considered one of the best places in Louisville to grab a hot brown. The OG Kentucky Hot Browns from J Graham's Cafe in the Brown Hotel is known to completely live up to the hype and is available on their menu in two different sizes, Petite and regular.