Eat in Distillery District, Lexington

Granddam

• ★ 4.4
• Contemporary American
• $$$

Granddam is the dining hall of Lexington's Manchester Hotel, where Top Chef alum Paula Endara cooks Ecuadorian-inflected American food from breakfast to late.

Goodfellas Pizzeria

• ★ 4.2
• Pizzeria
• $$

Goodfellas Pizzeria slings New York slices in Lexington's Distillery District until 02:30 on weekends, with the Wiseguy Lounge bourbon speakeasy upstairs.

Brevede Coffee Co.

• ★ 4.2
• Café
• $

Order Espresso with an in-house bake

Brevede Coffee Co. brews inside an original James E. Pepper rick house in the Distillery District, with an in-house bakery and a second shop on High Street.

Dark Arts Whiskey House

• ★ 4.4
• Whiskey bar and distillery
• $$$

Drink Barrel tastings drawn straight from the cask

Dark Arts Whiskey House finishes barrels in Lexington's Distillery District and pours cask tastings on Manchester Street, a Kentucky Bourbon Trail stop.

Wiseguy Lounge

• ★ 4.3
• Speakeasy
• $$

Drink Bourbon old fashioned above the pizza ovens

Wiseguy Lounge hides a Prohibition-styled bourbon bar above Goodfellas Pizzeria on Manchester Street, Lexington's speakeasy with hundreds of bottles.

Ethereal Brewing

• ★ 4.0
• Brewery
• $

Ethereal Brewing ferments farmhouse and Belgian styles in a James E. Pepper warehouse, the Distillery District taproom Lexington fills on gig nights.

Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co.

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$

Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. ages Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale and distils Town Branch on Cross Street, a twin brewery-distillery tour stop.

Wise Bird Cider Co.

• ★ 4.2
• Brewery
• $

Wise Bird Cider Co. presses Kentucky apples in the Distillery District, a family-run Lexington cidery whose Little Fork kitchen leans gluten-free.

The Burl

• ★ 4.5
• $$

The Burl books Americana, bluegrass and psych into a converted train depot by the Distillery District, with a retro arcade bar in the next building.

Manchester Music Hall

• ★ 4.2
• $$

Manchester Music Hall stages touring acts in an exposed-brick distillery warehouse, the Distillery District's big room for Lexington concert nights.