Meet the woman behind the whisk at Big Nita’s: Louisville’s hottest bakery

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — By the time the doors open at Big Nita’s Cheesecakes in NuLu, Ashley Riggs has already been waiting for hours.

“Every other Sunday I come down usually,” Riggs said. “Two, three hours early.”

She is not alone. Every weekend, the line stretches out the door and down the block on Main Street, filled with regulars and strangers who drove in from as far away as Tennessee and Alabama – all of them waiting for a slice Riggs says is worth every minute…

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