Prominent food entrepreneur 'Sav' on the journey from 'grill' to 'chill' to gourmet ice cream specialty

As 250 Lex continues to celebrate Lexington's culinary traditions this month, we're highlighting this interview with Mamadou Savane. In 2018 the Nunn Center collaborated with Vanessa Grossl to interview immigrant entrepreneurs. The resulting project was called Savor, immigrant entrepreneur oral history project. Grossl conducted 20 interviews, many of which were conducted with food entrepreneurs here in Lexington. One of those individuals was Mamadou Savane. Better known to all of us as Sav. He talks about opening his West African restaurant (Sav's Grill) and starting a side ice cream business (Sav's Chill) that eventually became his primary venture which today we know as Sav's Gourmet Ice Cream.

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Prominent food entrepreneur 'Sav' on the journey from 'grill' to 'chill' to gourmet ice cream specialty is an episode from Saving Stories by WUKY.

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This episode was published on Jul 31, 2025.

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