Brevede Coffee Co. is a bakery in Distillery District, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The rick-house room is the atmospheric one; the East High Street shop is quicker for a weekday takeaway.
Address: 1170 Manchester St, Lexington, KY 40508
Spalding's Bakery has hand-rolled glazed donuts for Lexington since 1929, and the Winchester Road queue still clears the cases well before the noon close.
Tip: Cash-friendly, morning-only and gone when the trays empty; aim for 08:00 on Saturdays.
Worth the queue: Glazed yeast donut
Martine's Pastries builds French tarts, wedding cakes and lunch pastries on East Third Street, Lexington's long-established special-occasion bakery.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; order occasion cakes well ahead and add a lunch quiche to the pastry box.
Worth the queue: Fruit tarts and layer cakes
DV8 Kitchen bakes brioche, sourdough and cinnamon rolls on South Broadway while staffing every Lexington shift as second-chance employment in recovery.
Tip: Breakfast and lunch only; the cinnamon rolls sell out first and every purchase funds the second-chance mission.
Worth the queue: Croissant-style cinnamon rolls
Southland Bagel hand-rolls New York-style bagels and boils them in Kentucky sorghum on Southland Drive, Lexington's family-owned bagel shop since 2019.
Tip: The bagels are hand-rolled and boiled in Kentucky sorghum; weekends close at 14:00, so go before the church rush.
Worth the queue: Bagel sandwiches on house-boiled bagels
Missy's Pie Shop, born from Ramsey's Diner's pie counter in 1989, bakes chess pies and seasonal fruit pies on East High Street for Lexington's holidays.
Tip: Open daily 08:00-17:00, but order whole pies days ahead for Thanksgiving and Derby week.
Worth the queue: Chess pie
Great Bagel & Bakery stone-mills organic flour in-house on Boston Road, hand-shaping the bagels Lexington's south side lines up for every morning.
Tip: Everything runs 07:00-14:00 daily; the milling happens in view, so ask which grain went into the day's bake.
Worth the queue: Hand-shaped bagels
