Places to eat in Lexington, KY?

[Corie]

DH is going to be at the University of Kentucky in Lexington tomorrow.

Any awesome places to eat? Anything that Lexington is known for
as far as food?

Thanks!

[Katigre]

Bella Notte. Love, love love this restaurant: http://www.bellalexington.com/

They make the best bread. I haven't been in Lex in over 6 years and I still miss that place.

ETA: There is also an awesome Indian restaurant near UK's campus. I can't remember the name of it though.

[KHF]

One of my favorite places, and is close to UK is: http://www.joebolognas.com/ The breadsticks are TDF.

Also, my MOST favorite restaurant of all time is Jalapeno's Mexican Restaurant. There is a location on South Broadway close to UK. The food is delicious!

Oh, and a big :yeahthat: to the suggestion of Bella Notte. It is super-delicious, but not really very close to UK. I lived in Lexington for most of my childhood and part of my adulthood, but those 3 places were my favorites.

[egoldber]

I went to school in Lexington. :)

I was also going to recommend Joe Bologna's. Mine and DH's first date was there! ;)

Also close to campus is Alfalfa's:

http://www.alfalfarestaurant.com/

And Ramsey's is a little further, but very good. The High Street location is the one I spent a lot of time at. :)

http://www.ramseysdiners.com/

And I have been to all 3 of these relatively recently.

[WatchingThemGrow]

I have a cousin at UK who was a prof. football player for a bit after playing at UK. He's now a waiter at some restaurant near campus (forget which one) but if your DH has a HUGE guy as a waiter, it may be my cousin :)

It isn't originally from Lexington, but from Louisville nearby... I had one at Cheapside's.the hot brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_brown). Yum.

[KHF]

Ooo, Ramsey's. Can't believe I forgot that one. Their fried green tomatoes are awesome (and how's that for a specifically southern food :) ). They also have really great pies. And their cole slaw is the best I've ever had...and I do love cole slaw.

[egoldber]

Their pies are awsome. :) When I was in school, I was really too poor to eat there, so we would just go for dessert.

[ohiomom1121]

Another vote for Joe Bologna's. I grew up in Lexington and went to UK for my first 2 years of school and loved eating there.

[Corie]

I just forwarded your recommendations to my husband. He is in Lexington
right now. He's there just for the day and then he moves on to Cincinnati.

Thanks so much!!!!