Former longtime Lexington restaurant building sold. What’s coming in
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- The former Loudon Square Buffet building at 801 N. Broadway sold for $550,000.
- The Nunez family plans renovations, hopes to open the cafe by end of year or early 2027.
- JP’s Taqueria is currently leasing the lot for a food truck while renovations are planned.
Something new is coming to the former Loudon Square Buffet building at Broadway and Loudon in Lexington.
The family-owned restaurant closed in April 2022 after nearly 50 years in business and respected founder Max Flannery died in May 2022.
Last month, the property at 801 N. Broadway sold for $550,000 to the family that has the Tres Hermanos Nunez restaurant chain around Kentucky.
Jennifer Nunez said they are planning to put in a breakfast/brunch/lunch cafe there.
The building will undergo renovations and remodeling, she said, but they hope it will open by the end of this year or in early 2027.
In the meantime, JP’s Taqueria is leasing the lot for a food truck, she said.
JP’s Taqueria, which has two other locations in Lexington, sells Mexican street food such as quesabirrias, street tacos, fish tacos, tortas, burritos, street corn, chocoflan and more.
