Kentucky Proud Comfort Food in Downtown Owensboro, Kentucky
Locally sourced. Scratch made. Always delicious.
Kentucky Proud Comfort Food in Downtown Owensboro, Kentucky
Locally sourced. Scratch made. Always delicious.
Downtown Dining
Located at 420 Frederica St. in the historic Callas Sweet shop, Sassafras is the place to start your evening or grab a quick lunch.
Enjoy our smoked pimento cheese or Johnny Cakes with a Kentucky beer or craft cocktail featuring one of many boutique Kentucky spirits. Then head off to enjoy all of downtown Owensboro.
About Us
Our Team
Brothers Dennis and Matt Weafer have a combined 40+ years restaurant experience in Owensboro, Kentucky. They finally joined together to create a space to celebrate the food they grew up with, Kentucky cuisine -- backyard cookouts, potlucks, church picnics, and scratch-made comfort food. With their culinary experience and a passion for high quality ingredients and cooking from scratch, the Weafers also embrace and celebrate the local foods grown and raised in the Bluegrass state. Sassafras is located at 420 Frederica St. in the historic Callas Sweet Shop building constructed in 1921 in downtown Owensboro.
General Manager Jimmy Decker has curated an impressive display of local art in the dining room. All of it for sale with proceeds going directly to the artists. Jimmy manages daily operations, reservations, and special events. He also has helped to develop a Kentucky-focused craft bar, featuring a beer list built from Kentucky breweries, a delicious global wine list, and a plethora of boutique Kentucky spirits. And of course bourbon.
Head Chef Buddy McCarter has developed and executes the seasonal menu and specials, built from as much local produce, meats, and other ingredients as we could find. He focuses the menu not just on local dishes, but staying as close to an all-Kentucky ingredients list as possible as well.
Local Art Gallery
While we're here first for the food, the drinks, and the company, the local art in the dining room ties it all together. Kentucky is rife with supremely talented visual artists as well as musicians. We want to include them in our shenanigans as much as possible, too.
Are you a local artist? Give us a call at 270-240-1888 or stop on by.
Seasonal and Local
We believe that our food is only as good as our ingredients. We strive to build a menu from ingredients raised or made in Kentucky. The Bluegrass state is flush with food resources and we hope to celebrate that on the menu as much as possible.
A well made dish can be delicious, but a well made dish from ingredients, grown by your neighborhood farmer, is so much more delicious. A well made dish develops pride in your home and makes dining out at a place like Sassafras special.
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