A popular, student-run Lexington restaurant makes it easier to taste its menu
A popular, under-the-radar Lexington restaurant known for being hard to snag a reservation is making a change that should open up its menu to more diners.
The Lemon Tree, the University of Kentucky’s student-run campus restaurant, will be open year-round, offering to-go lunch meals with dessert during the summer.
During the normal school year, reservations are highly sought after at the Lemon Tree, where students get hands-on, real-world experience running a fine-dining restaurant featuring white-tablecloth tables, high-quality, local food and a three-course menu.
For the summer, takeout meals can be ordered online for $15 and are available two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Meals can be picked up from 12:30-1 pm. from two locations: the Lemon Tree, 204 Erikson Hall or Ag North’s main lobby (1100 South Limestone Street), near the emergency room entrance on the ground floor. When you order online, there is a box to check if you would like your meal delivered to the Ag North main lobby.
The summer menu for the Lemon Tree begins May 13 and ends July 31. Only one dish is available each day. Dishes through the end of July include Hot Brown with buttered corn and Oreo lush, Cajun shrimp and white cheddar grits with smothered greens, cornbread and sweet potato pecan pie and lemon herb cod with tomato cucumber salad, vegetable couscous and orange creamsicle cake.
Each takeout meal comes with a bottled water. All purchases are final, and there are no refunds.
This story was originally published May 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM.
