Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Entertainment venues
These places offer some music, a movie or even a poetry reading with your beverage.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Gay bars
Lexington's gay bars, all of which are straight-friendly, have a long history. But there are only a few left. Here are some worth looking into.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Four bartenders to know
By Joy Priest Herald-Leader Staff Writer
"A good bartender is someone who genuinely tries to put the right drink in the right hand." Bartender Paul Borntraeger couldn't have said it better. The trade also is about much more: inspiring a good time, mixing flavorful drinks, saving those who have had too much to drink from themselves. Here are four Lexington bartenders who we think do their jobs exceptionally well.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Sports bars
Lexington loves the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Here are a few places, all of which serve food, where you're guaranteed to find a game, or games, on the TVs and some fellow sports fans to talk stats with.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Bars with great views
Some bars serve arresting views with their beverages. Here are a few that offer prettiness alongside their potent potables.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Whether beer, wine or bourbon, Lexington is a town of many tastes
By Wendy Miller Contributing Restaurant Critic
Like most medium-size cities, Lexington has bars — sometimes the best of which are in restaurants — to suit nearly every stripe and stratum, every orientation and aesthetic, every taste and tax bracket. This diversity makes the scene thrive, year after year.
LexGo's Lexington Bar Guide 2011: 64 great places to drink
The LexGo Central staff serves up a collection of bars and restaurants where having a drink can be an experience.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Student bars
Lexington is many things, but one of its most prominent faces is as a college town. Here are bars that students flock to when school is in session.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Stylish bars
Some places are so stylish that you might feel as if you've left our laid-back town for a sophisticated big city. Here are bars that get extra points for style.
Lexington Bar Guide 2011: Neighborhood bars
The most popular kind of bar in Lexington is also the most comfortable and casual. Try out some of these neighborhood haunts.
Local blackberries turn into a pretty fine wine
By Sharon Thompson swthompson@herald-leader.com,By Sharon Thompson
Blackberry harvest time means another batch of blackberry wine at Chateau du Vieux Corbeau Farm and Winery in Danville.
Cajun specialties will fill those Empty Bowls at Bourbon 'n' Toulouse
By Sharon Thompson swthompson@herald-leader.com
The purchase of a handcrafted bowl will help Moveable Feast of Lexington deliver healthful meals to people who are homebound.
At Old San Juan, the milkshakes are divine and lunch is a delicious bargain
By Wendy Miller Contributing Restaurant Critic
Old San Juan could be a soda shop. With the little red stools at the spanking-clean counter, the shelves of groceries off to the right, the display case with cold desserts beckoning, and the cooler of soft drinks, one could naturally draw that conclusion. But its appearance belies the fine authenticity of Lexington's only Cuban restaurant.
Guest series puts top chefs from Kentucky, N.C. in the same kitchen
By Sharon Thompson swthompson@herald-leader.com
Central Kentuckians will have an opportunity to dine with three James Beard Award-nominated chefs on Aug. 20.
815 Prime: Midway bistro proves a prime example of versatility
By Wendy Miller Contributing Restaurant Critic
MIDWAY — I have enjoyed the versatile food of chef Nicolas Trueblood in three settings, yet I don't think I really know him. His culinary persona is chameleonlike. His high standards accompany him wherever he goes, to be sure, but his menu changes with his venue, be it a high-end dining room (The Mansion at Griffin Gate), an exquisitely contemporary restaurant (Heirloom) or, now, a pure bistro, as at 815 Prime.
