Kaelin’s Restaurant, the Birthplace of the Cheeseburger, Closes… for Remodeling?
(Kaelin’s, and their famous “Please WAVE” sign, from lie_inourgraves’ photostream on Flickr.)
According to a thread on the Louisville HotBytes forum, Kaelin’s Restaurant — allegedly the birth place of the cheeseburger, opened in 1934 — closed for good last night. We haven’t seen confirmation from any local media just yet, and their web site is still active, but the HotBytes forum is usually a good authority on such matters.
Needless to say, the closing of a great Louisville institution is something we’re not thrilled about. When we find out more details online, we’ll update this post.
UPDATE, 10:45 PM: It appears we may have been misinformed as to the permanence of Kaelin’s closing. Michelle at Consuming Louisville informs us that Kaelin’s is closing for renovations. We can only assume for now that means an updated Kaelin’s.
March 1, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Ate there last night (on their “last night”)– the folks there say they’re closing for renovations and will be open in the spring. Fret not. I think they’re just sprucing up.
March 1, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Actually, I take that back, I don’t THINK they’re sprucing up… there were “we’re closing for renovations” signs everywhere. Interwebs, calm the heck down. http://loueyville.blogspot.com/2009/03/out-of-office.html
March 2, 2009 at 1:35 am
Incorrect info you got there Joel. As Lou said they’re closed for remodeling. I posted a picture of the sigh stating that on Consuming Louisville.
March 2, 2009 at 3:45 am
Thanks, Michelle. Looks like we goofed, though we have every reason to believe Will Crawford’s post on HotBytes, too. It’s very possible that whomever he talked to on the phone gave him the wrong information. Highly regrettable error on our part, though.
August 10, 2009 at 10:10 pm
It appears you were right.
Now how about some new posts?
August 11, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Seriously, what happened to this blog? I notice that it and the Otter Creek blog both ended at about the same time. Did the blogger(s) move from Louisville? Were they/Was he/she gunned down by an irate slum lord? Inquiring minds and all that…
August 16, 2009 at 3:14 am
So I’m now guessing that the former owners of Kaetlins hunted down the author(s) of these two blogs and ground them into the last batch of burgers they grilled.
August 16, 2009 at 3:15 am
I mean “Kaelin’s”
August 16, 2009 at 3:18 am
This link is particularly sad: http://www.kaelins.com/