Downtown Lexington convenience store opening second location near Rupp Arena
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- Modern Pantry opens second location at 519 W. Main St. on Feb. 26.
- Second site will match first: snacks, coffee, beer, slushies, ice cream, hot food.
- Romi and Ruby Singh own both Modern Pantry shops and Ruby’s Market & Cafe.
Modern Pantry, which opened its first spot a little more than a year ago, is expanding, taking over Clark’s Main Street Market across from the downtown Lexington convention center.
The first location opened in late 2024 at 127 W. Main St. on the ground floor of an historic three-story building with offices upstairs.
The second will open on Feb. 26 at 519 W. Main St. That’s the former location of a Clark’s Pump-N-Shop, across from the Central Bank Center and Rupp Arena.
The second location will have the same items as the first, including convenience store snacks with food and coffee, beer, drinks, slushies and ice cream.
There also will be hot food such as breakfast items, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, panini and chicken tenders.
Both Modern Pantry shops are owned by Romi and Ruby Singh, who also own Ruby’s Market and Cafe, a similar shop, on Short Street. They opened that shop in 2023 in the former Postmaster’s Pub/Village Idiot/Metropol restaurant property at 307 W. Short St. Before that, they had an even smaller shop, KM Food Mart, at 112 Mill St.
Modern Pantry Marketplace
Where: 519 W. Main St.
Hours: Monday through Wednesday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Thursday and Friday 7 a.m. to 3 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Online: instagram.com/modernpantry_lex
