Takeout cocktail guide: Restaurants offering to-go margaritas, bourbon slushies and more

By Janet Patton

Updated August 22, 2021 4:19 PM

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Enjoy a good cocktail with dinner? Bloody Marys or mimosas with brunch? Here are some of the Lexington restaurants offering to-go drinks.

Keep in mind that drinks come with food.

With restaurants closed to dining in as a precaution during the coronavirus pandemic, many are offering inventive meals to take home.

Whether it’s margaritas, bloody Marys with the fixings, cosmos by the quart or kits for sangria, you can find it here.

The restaurants listed here have curbside pickup and some even deliver but extra fees may apply.

For more options, on LexGoEat.com check out our takeout dining guide featuring more than 200 Lexington restaurants and our family meals takeout guide.

Margaritas

Who’s doing margaritas to go? The better question might be who isn’t. All the Mexican restaurants in town are offering a version, with variations. Some have specialty flavors, some have tiny tequila bottles on the side, some sell by the gallon.

Try Agave and Rye, Banners, Chuy’s, Corto Lima (try the prickly pear), Durango’s, El Charro, El Cid (margaritas by the gallon), El Gran Tako, El Rancho Tapatio, Girlsgirlsgirls Burritos (has kits for making a batch at home), Mi Mexico, Mi Pequena Hacienda, Papi’s, Selma’s Catering, Zim’s Cafe (get a flight of four different flavors for $20) and many more.

Micheladas

Margaritas aren’t the only drink at Mexican restaurants. Check out the micheladas at El Gran Tako and at El Rancho Tapatio (this version comes with bite-sized ceviche on top). There’s also the cantarito with fresh grapefruit, orange and lime.

Many restaurants are offering cocktails beyond margaritas. Here are some 20 other options:

East End Tap and Table

East End Tap and Table has bottled cocktails such as the TogetherKYTea, made with Four Roses Bourbon, Castle and Key Vodka, New Riff Ky Wild Gin, Wilderness Trail Harvest Rum, ginger liqueur, fresh lemon and lime, topped with Ale 8 One.

Minglewood

Minglewood has cocktails by the quart, including bloody Marys, margaritas, red sangria, Campari spritz, and more.

KSBar and Grille

KSBar and Grille has curbside cocktails including margaritas, strawberry daiquiri, Long Island Iced Tea, Electric Blue Lemonade and Maker’s Mark Ale 8 One slushies. Slushies come with minis; drinks come in Mason jars.

Ranada’s Bistro and Bar

Ranada’s has large drinks for curbside and delivery, including gallon bloody Marys and mimosas and quart cocktails such as lemon lavender martini, Daddy Andy’s Drunken Uncle, Chronic Tonic, Socially Distant, and the Quarantini.

Girlsgirlsgirls Burritos

Girls has several drink kits including hibiscus-mint juleps and wine spritzers.

Sage Rabbit

Sage Rabbit has double cocktails to go in a little Mason jar, including an old fashioned and the Empress Seventy Five. Just add ice.

Banners

Banners Bar and Grill has 32-ounce cocktails to go, including margaritas, daiquiris, bloody Marys and Tito’s Blueberry Lemonade.

Bayou Bluegrass Catering

Bayou Bluegrass has cocktails too including bourbon punch by the gallon.

Bourbon and Rye

Bourbon and Rye has bottled cocktails and cocktail kits, including margaritas, old fashioneds, the boulevardier and the 20th century.

Saul Good

Saul Good Restaurant & Pub has specialty drinks in to-go cups. Watch social media for specials.

Tin Roof

Tin Roof has re-opened is now offering cocktails to go including frozen margaritas and drinks in sealed pouches like the 16-ounce Big Blue.

J. Render’s

J. Render’s Southern Table& Bar has mimosas and bloody Marys for Sunday brunch.

Tilted Kilt

Tilted Kilt has cocktails to go and available through delivery.

Carson’s

Carson’s Food & Drink has curbside cocktails including Tito’s Blackberry Ginger Lemonade, as well as many more.

Sedona Taphouse

Sedona Taphouse has half gallons of sangria for $20.

Proud Mary BBQ

Proud Mary BBQ has cocktails to go as well as wine. You can get bloody Marys and other drinks.

Sidebar Grill

Sidebar sells cocktails to go including specials such as fresh-squeezed margaritas and spiked mint peach tea. Watch Facebook for details.

The Stave

The Stave in Millville between Frankfort and Versailles has cocktails to go, including bourbon and margarita slushies, plus cocktail kits and bottles of liquor.