Ground Round is a great call. First place you could eat peanuts in the restaurant. Southland Drive was thick with good places back then. IIRC the original Joe Balognas was there, Sir PIzza, Godfathers, Kellys Milk Jug, Szechuan Garden, the original Long John’s Silver when it was actually really good. Hell even Sageser drug store had a mean cherry coke.
Lexington restaurant memories: long gone favorite places to eat.
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You all came over to Darryl's because we kept the var open as late as the law allowed.
I would set the over/under on pitchers of Beer I drank after work at Darryl's at somewhere around 775 😅 amazingly I still can remember the guy that was usually bartending. I think his name may have been Charles.
If memory serves, it was a large pizza platter. We’d usually have the same waitress every Monday night and she knew to bring out a decent size bowl of bleu cheese.
MNF was a thing at that time, great deals all over town.
Restaurant in the Idle Hour shopping center, Banana's Tavern maybe? Had a killer reuben at one time.
The LimeAde drink at Sageser, with those skinny fries, was always a treat !!
Plus, I remember when Cottrell's Bakery had a Maple-Iced Long Johns (unfilled) for only six (6) cents.
Lastly, it was always a treat to smell the Jumbo Cashews roasting in the nut display inside Woolworth's. I rarely could afford them !! 😎
Jozo's
Slice of Chicago
Stanley J's
Tonio's Super Burrito
Ovid's
Sontino's
-Re: Furlongs. The owner Tommy Walters has had a ton of restaurants in Lex/Lou, currently at Proud Mary where you can still get a few of his cajun staples.
Slice of Chicago
Stanley J's
Tonio's Super Burrito
Ovid's
Sontino's
-Re: Furlongs. The owner Tommy Walters has had a ton of restaurants in Lex/Lou, currently at Proud Mary where you can still get a few of his cajun staples.
During the early 00s, there was briefly a soul food place on the lower level of South Hill Station. Absolutely amazing. Sadly, like everything else in that spot, it didn't last.
The taco pizza and stuffed crust from Slice of Chicago put 30 pounds at least on me in college.
The spicy beef wrap rightfully got headlines at Ovid's, but I was a chicken divan man, myself.
The taco pizza and stuffed crust from Slice of Chicago put 30 pounds at least on me in college.
The spicy beef wrap rightfully got headlines at Ovid's, but I was a chicken divan man, myself.
Yep, Bananas, then turned into O’Neill’s which is still there. Place used to be hopping too. I worked the door there for a while, brother bartended there also.
Someone needs to do a spinoff of best current joints in Lexington by genre, neighborhood, etc.
Clown? Or are you too far North these days to do it.
Clown? Or are you too far North these days to do it.
Did they have a killer reuben or am I mis-remembering.
If that was during the early to mid 80's guarantee we've met. Was a regular stop for a while. Ate at the bar quite a bit so more than likely knew your brother as well. Bartended/waited right down the road at The Cork and Clever (think it's a Columbia's now) and back then a lot of bartenders would visit each other.
