Barry's Cheesesteaks

One day my husband came home and told me about a new cheesesteak place that opened on Preston Hwy in Louisville called Barry's Cheesesteaks. Ever since our favorite cheesesteak place moved out of Louisville, we had been searching for something even close to it. We googled it and found a WHAS 11 interview with Barry Washington.  We watched the interview and had to visit this place. I am sure you will too.

Barry Washington grew up in a rough neighborhood in Philadelphia and lost his way as a young teenager and started selling drugs like cocaine and heroine.  He had hit rock bottom after years in and out of jail and was stabbed multiple times after people he robbed retaliated. It wasn't until he was living on the streets that he asked two men walking if they could help him get something to eat that things changed.  The gentlemen that helped invited him to church that evening and he went, which ended up being one of the best decisions he made.  Since then he has earned his GED, went to school for ministry,  and became a pastor at a church called Redeemed Christian Church located in the West end of Louisville. His story was featured on the 700 Club.

As a pastor he began to notice that the church didn't off many activities for their teenagers and young adults.  That is when he decided  he needed to find something to keep them off the streets.  They decided to open Barry's Cheesesteaks, but he made the youth prepare everything from finding the location and renovating it to running most of the everyday operations of the business.



While it was the back story that led us to this place, it is the food and people that keeps up coming back almost weekly.  They have a basic menu that includes, or course, chicken and steak cheesesteaks sandwiches, burgers, wings, fries, etc. The philly cheesesteak (#2 on the menu) is my absolute favorite and because it is so good I have not tried anything else. This restaurant is one of my daughter's favorite place to go.  The people there just adore her and make her feel so special. You can tell they are loving what they are doing.  I look forward to seeing their smiling faces when we walk through the door.  I am telling everyone they must go and check this place out because they will not be disappointed.  Everyone we know that has tried Barry's Cheesesteaks has been back multiple times.  In other words, if you come to Louisville, KY go to Barry's Cheesesteaks, get some amazing food, and witness yourself what he is doing for these kids.  He is keeping them from making the same mistakes he did growing up and giving them something to be proud of.  They ALL have every right to be proud.