A Horror Icon’s Son Runs a Restaurant in Kentucky

When I was in college, a popular topic of conversation was that legendary horror film director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Fog) had been a student at Western Kentucky University and had used several Bowling Green-area names — even a radio frequency — in those movies.

Another Horror Icon's Kentucky Connection

Well, Carpenter isn't the only legendary horror movie director with a connection to Kentucky. The icon in question is no longer with us, but he gave us an EQUALLY iconic film in the late 1960s that has influenced countless others.

Made on the cheap, the legendary George A. Romero essentially invented a genre without which we would never have had The Walking Dead--an icon on its own--or The Last of Us or any of several more titles. Talk about a groundbreaker.

Romero's in Mt. Sterling, KY

While Romero's film legacy lives on, his son George C. Romero has been carving out a legacy of his own in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. But this one's a culinary legacy called Romero's, a restaurant George C. owns with his wife, Rebecca. And it's not like they shy away from Romero's Hollywood roots--he has film credits of his own--as you'll see on the restaurant's "Meet the Crew" page.

But the website does reveal that there is one thing they DO shy away from:

And who would want their pasta reheated in a microwave anyway? Yes, while there are multiple sections to the Romero's menu, the biggest one is all about the pasta. Romero's has even made a gluten-free offering that uses potatoes instead of noodles, an ingenious idea and a taste-tempting one for those who don't need a gluten-free menu item.

Mt. Sterling is about 36 miles east of Lexington on Interstate 64. If you're hungry, visit Romero's. I'm sure they can "scare up" something.

[SOURCE: kentucky.com]