Louisvillians in the News

As you know it's our 150th year in business and we're doing some fun things. That includes some in-store specials this weekend to celebrate my grandfather's 85th birthday. And cake, yellow cake with caramel icing. Well, WHAS (a local station) came by the other day and we were on the news! Sadly, the video doesn't seem to have been put online, but here's what they had to say about us.

But it's not all about us. Check out all the Louisville chefs making a splash on the national scene!

The March issue of Esquire is featuring a recipe by one of our (ok, my) favorite local chefs: Edward Lee. I can't link to it yet, but never fear, it is forthcoming. According to the C-J, the recipe shared i

s a "manly" take on breakfast: waffles and eggs with a chicken-sausage-green-chili gravy.  I think the recipe has something to do with their Eat Like a Man blog, which recently featured bartender  Joy Perrine, who 

also co-authored The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book.

And if you get the Cooking Channel (or can catch some of it on demand, which is how I plan to watch it), keep an eye out this Sunday (the 27th) at 9 p.m. for their episode of Food(ography) on Southern Cooking. Chef Dean Corbett of the eponymous Corbett's restraunt will be sharing his delicious recipe for fried green tomatoes. Sadly, I cannot personally confirm the deliciousness, but we'll take their word for it.

Year 150

You may or may not have noticed, but this year marks Heimerdinger Cutlery's 150th Anniversary! We have all sorts of in-store events (cake!), in-store sales, and yes we'll even have some things for you guys here on the internet. And did I mention the cake? Yum. Keep your eyes on this space for more info to come.

Now, we can't be entirely certain that 1861 was the year that the Store was founded, but it's a good guess. Why? Because it was the first year that it appeared in the Louisville City Directory, showing up as A. Heimerdinger--Cutler and Sewing Machine Repair.  We know it couldn't have been founded too many years previous to that because August originally settled in Cincinnati, where he was married in 1857.  His movement to Louisville can be tracked by birth records; in 1859 he had one daughter born in the Cincinnati area and another daughter was born in 1860 in Louisville. Gotta love genealogy.

Want to know more about our history? Check out my blog post here, or the website here. Sorry about the broken pictures, they were on the old website and so went away when it did. I can't find the digital files and I don't really feel like dangling off a ladder again to take new pics. You'll just have to wait for me to find a flatbed scanner. I'm sure you're just dying of antici...pation.