The Basics

Opened: 1924 (1922 at location on Shelby Street)
Neighborhood: St. Matthews
Self-description: “During the 1937 Flood, the bakery was one of the few in town that could make bread. They ran their mixers with a belt from a truck outside. People came from all over town to get bread. Plehn’s — pronounced like planes that you fly in.”
Website: plehns.com

Best of Louisville Stats

Total nominations: 19
Total wins: 12
First win: 1987, Best Bakery (a category they have won 10 times, more than any other bakery)
Also won: 2008, Best Birthday Cakes
First nomination: 1986, the inaugural Best of Louisville, for Best Bakery

The Voting Academy Says

“A St. Matthews treasure, a Louisville institution for literal generations. We order for all kinds of family celebrations. LOVE the cinnamon streusel.”