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NO2 2016

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60 SUMMER 2016 K KEENELAND.COM getting the scoop O wned by popular local restaurateur Mamadou "Sav" Sa- vane, Sav's Chill is an ice cream and frozen dessert off- shoot of Sav's Grill. The businesses — Chill and Grill — anchor diagonal corners of Limestone and Maxwell streets between the University of Kentucky and downtown Lexington. Savane, a native of Guinea in West Africa, moved to Lexing- ton in 1993, when he married his wife, Rachel — they'd met a few years earlier while she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea. After working for UPS and the Hyatt Regency, Savane pur- sued a passion for food and in 2008 opened Sav's Grill & West African Cuisine, a restaurant featuring traditional dishes he'd learned from his mother and sisters. Sav's Grill had a large freezer, and Savane arranged to car- ry Valentine's, a Winchester-based premium Kentucky ice cream, as a dessert option for customers after their lamb stew or goat in peanut broth over rice. In 2012, with his business doing well, space in a building Freshly made bourbon ball ice cream is a customer favorite. Sav's Chill 289 S. Limestone Lexington, Ky 40508 859-255-2445 Open daily

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