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Restaurants

Anthony is back, with Fat Burgers

If you're in the mood for a simple, freshly made hamburger, you'll want to try Anthony's Fat Burgers. Anthony Adams opened the spot at 1539 Eastland Parkway on May 1. Several years back, Adams ran Anthony's Coney Island at Third and Jefferson streets. "I got out of the business for a while, and now I'm back," he said.

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FOOD

Minton's at 760 is a North Limestone treasure

Minton's at 760 opened quietly last year to no great fanfare, but it quickly became known through fast-traveling word of mouth and social media. This is probably just as well, since the little café would have been overrun by a grand event.
RESTAURANTS

Lexington food trucks pilot program to go before council for first reading

Urban County Council members at Tuesday's work session voted to move forward a proposed six-month pilot program to create five food truck zones downtown. The matter will go before council at Thursday night's meeting for a first reading.
BUSINESS

Japanese restaurant closes over health inspection score

A Lexington restaurant closed Wednesday after scoring a 59 on its Fayette County Health Department inspection. Yamamoto Japanese Grill & Sushi, 130 West Tiverton Way in south Lexington, was closed after a health department inspection cited it for violations including:
DAILY BUSINESS REPORT

Restaurateur Jeff Ruby tweets he's opening in Lexington, says no more

Restaurateur Jeff Ruby tweeted Friday afternoon that he plans to open a restaurant in Lexington's long-delayed CentrePointe development downtown in May 2015.
SHARON THOMPSON

Sharon Thompson's Tidbits: The Jax joins downtown's nighttime scene

The Jax is Lexington's newest restaurant to join Short Street's burgeoning entertainment district.
RESTAURANTS

K-Lair, iconic University of Kentucky eatery, set for demolition

The signs for K-Lair, a popular University of Kentucky dining spot for 52 years, were removed Monday in preparation for demolition. The building that housed the eatery is to be replaced by a dormitory.
BUSINESS

Lexington restaurant to reopen after restocking from unexpectedly popular festival

Bourbon n' Toulouse restaurant was scheduled to reopen Tuesday after running out of food "due to the overwhelming success" of the inaugural Crawfish Festival that it co-sponsored Saturday at the Red Mile, according to a co-owner.
DAILY BUSINESS REPORT

Craft Beer Week celebrates growth of Lexington's brewery business

Two years ago, Lexington had one brewery and two or three nice places to get a craft beer.
BUSINESS

CastlePost Restaurant scheduled to open Friday

The CastlePost Inn Restaurant is scheduled to open Friday to the public. Owner Tom Post said Monday that he wants customers to "have the most fabulous dinner that they would ever have."
RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Good food, hospitality help Billy's Bar-B-Q set its own standard

Billy's Bar-B-Q has been a Lexington institution for 34 years. During that time, its bragging rights have included being voted the city's best barbecue in the Herald-Leader's Readers Choice Awards, and recognition in out-of-town publications including The New York Times. It is a neighborhood ...