The story
A Prohibition-era steakhouse where the garlic-butter Poorboy sandwich was invented after a trip to the Kentucky Derby.
Everything that was here
- 1933–present · still open
Merichka's RestaurantRestaurant
A Prohibition-era steakhouse where the garlic-butter Poorboy sandwich was invented after a trip to the Kentucky Derby.
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