Rewind to the summer of 2023.
MeeshMeesh Mediterranean to open in August at the former Wiltshire on Market space
Among other achievements in its brief history, Meesh Meesh has singlehandedly brought the word “Levantine” back to Louisville. Now the restaurant’s executive chef, Noam Bilitzer, is a semifinalist for the prestigious 2025 James Beard awards.
WDRB has the story.
Louisville chef named James Beard Award semifinalist
Noam Bilitzer was nominated for the best chef in the southeast. He’s the executive chef of the NuLu restaurant Meesh Meesh, which offers family-style eastern Mediterranean and middle eastern food and drinks. Bilitzer is competition against chefs from 19 other restaurants from Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia and Tennessee.
Learn more at the website of the James Beard Foundation Awards.
The James Beard Awards honor those who are creating exceptional food, food media content, and better food systems while demonstrating a commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive.
