Loraine C.
6/1/2025
You can't go wrong with the only on Sunday chicken and dressing with fixings, if you want a belly rubbing meal. Always generous portions, enough for me to have leftovers.
Shirley Mae's Café
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802 S Clay St
Louisville, KY 40203
Coming to Shirley Mae's Café is like coming home to dinner. In a quaint little clay-brick building on the corner of Clay & Lampton Streets in downtown Louisville, KY, you'll find Shirley Mae in her cozy li'l kitchen creating a little slice of heaven... if Southern cuisine or soul food is what you crave. Each customer is given Shirley Mae's special attention as she fries, sautés and prepares many menu items to-order. In fact, Shirley Mae's Café is one of the few restaurants of its kind where the kitchen is wide open so that the customers can actually watch their food being prepared. And Shirley Mae always insists on fresh food... That's truly what makes Shirley Mae one-of-a-kind. "I don't like artificial anything," Shirley Mae once told Courier-Journal food critic Marty Rosen. "The way I cook takes some time, but cooking is a waste of time if you don't do it right." So, come on home for dinner to Shirley Mae's Café. We'll be waiting on you.
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4.5196 reviewsWanda A.
8/11/2025
If I could give a negative star rating I would. When there yesterday August 11,2025 for my Sunday dinner. Ordered meatloaf mashed potatoes and greens. The meatloaf was like they started sloppy...
Amanda J.
6/8/2024
Oooh, buddy! I'm so happy I finally made it to Shirley Mae's. When we walked up after parking on the screen, a friendly man, who was sitting out, greeted us and we gave him our orders and paid. We...
Jennifer M.
10/3/2024
Very unique! Cash only and TO GO business only. My colleagues and I stopped here for lunch today based off of a Food Network craveable Cornbread article. Service was great. Very friendly. Theres...
Ali B.
11/10/2022
Good food, friendly staff, To go only and very slow service. This small family own and run business can earn a solid 4 or plus if the rating was solely based on the food. While it could earn a 1...
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