It's Chocolate, nutty, 'n' sinful all over?
BY CAROL HADDIX
Chicago Tribune, 1989

With the "Running of the Roses" Saturday, this is an opportune time to talk about Derby Pie. Now, this pie is well-known in Louisville and thereabouts. But most of the rest of us are in the dark about Derby Pie. Too bad.

Derby Pie is a concoction of semisweet chocolate chips, chocolate and walnuts encased in a very-flaky double crust. It's sinful. It's decadent. And it's the patented creation of George Kern and his parents, owners of the Melrose Inn in Prospect, Ky., who came up with the recipe 40 years ago. 
    
Since then there have been plenty of imitators who have tried to copy the pie, including the name, but they often find a lawsuit brought by the Kern family waiting for them.
    
Now you can get the Louisville specialty in Chicago restaurants, according to Rick Smith, a Chicago food service consultant who discovered the pie on a trip to Kentucky and brought it back to Chicago. So far you can find it in only three Chicago restaurants-Blue Mesa, The Canoe Club and Zincs-but retail sales will follow. Insist they serve it warm with ice cream or whipped cream!