Lexington has 1,556 places, and 1,114 are restaurants. Quick service spots total 147, cafes 109 and bars 174. Bars (151), pizza (139) and coffee shops and cafes (117) are the top categories in this guide, based on the places listed.
Lexington's density of 47.2 places per ten thousand residents runs above the 41.8 median across all cities.
949 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (35), Subway (31), McDonald's (18) and Jimmy John's (13).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Lexington ranks #207 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in Lexington by cuisine
Bars in Lexington
- Bar · Chain · 3090 Old Todds Rd
- Bar · 200 W Main St
- Bar · 108 Church St
- Bar · 819 National Ave Ste 120
- Bar · 628 Delzan Pl
- Bar · Chain · 1916 Justice Dr
Pizza in Lexington
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 4096 Nichols Park Dr.
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 3110 Richmond Road
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 905 South Limestone
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 1065 Newtown Pike
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 1301 Winchester Rd #337
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 4049 Finn Way
Coffee shops and cafes in Lexington
- Cafe · Chain · W.T. Young Library Building, Donovan Dri
- Cafe · Chain · 3301 Nicholasville Rd.
- Cafe · Chain · 110 W Main St
- Cafe · Chain · 760 Press Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 808 E High St
- Cafe · Chain · 2895 Richmond Rd
Mexican in Lexington
- Restaurant · Mexican · 1030 S Broadway
- Restaurant · Mexican · 130 W Tiverton Way
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 1065 E New Circle Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 1545 Alexandria Dr
- Restaurant · Mexican · 1917 Nicholasville Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 3535 Nicholasville Rd
American in Lexington
- Restaurant · American · 890 E High St
- Restaurant · American · 1800 Newtown Pike
- Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 110 Summit At Fritz Farm #140
- Restaurant · American · 472 Southland Dr
- Restaurant · American · Chain · 2341 Sir Barton Way
- Restaurant · American · Chain · 1761 Sharkey Way
Sandwiches and delis in Lexington
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 117 W Tiverton Way
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 4218 Saron Drive Suite 2
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 409 Waller Ave
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 2535 Nicholasville Rd Ste. 130
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 2220 Nicholasville Rd
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 175 E Main St Ste 100
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.