Nestled in Louisville’s vibrant Highlands neighborhood sits a mint-green time capsule where comfort food reigns supreme and the chicken fried steak has achieved legendary status among Kentucky’s culinary treasures.
The Twig and Leaf isn’t trying to win Michelin stars or impress food critics with avant-garde techniques – it’s doing something far more remarkable: serving honest-to-goodness diner classics that keep locals coming back and visitors making special trips just to experience it.
You might drive past this unassuming corner establishment if you’re not paying attention, but that would be a mistake of epic gastronomic proportions.
Standing proudly at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Douglass Boulevard, this modest diner with its distinctive mint-green exterior has become an institution in a city known for its evolving food scene…