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The Hot Brown Ranks Among the Mightiest American Sandwiches

Clay Cook At the height of the Roaring ’20s, hundreds of guests would assemble each weekend at The Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, to dance into the wee hours. Whenever the band took a break, patrons would head to the…

The Original Kentucky Hot Brown

Clay Cook This open-faced sandwich was created at The Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1926 by chef Fred Schmidt, who was looking for a unique midnight snack to serve to all the revelers dancing in the ballroom through the…

Turkey Chowder With Bacon and Tomatoes

Clay Cook The Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, may be best known as the birthplace of the hot brown, but in celebration of the iconic sandwich’s 100th anniversary, chef de cuisine Allen Heintzman created a chowder that has everything we…