Martine's Pastries is a bakery in East End, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; order occasion cakes well ahead and add a lunch quiche to the pastry box.
Address: 400 E Third St, Lexington, KY 40508
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
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
La Petite Delicat pipes French macarons on National Avenue in the Warehouse Block, pairing Lexington's prettiest pastry case with espresso and tea.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Macaron flavours rotate weekly; boxes travel well if you call ahead for larger orders.
Worth the queue: Macarons in rotating flavours
North Lime Coffee & Donuts fries small-batch donuts to pair with espresso at Greyline Station, the Lexington morning ritual that sells out by early afternoon.
Signature drink: Espresso with a scratch-made donut
Tip: Everything closes at 13:00 and the weirder donut specials go first; the Clays Mill shop opens at 06:00 on weekdays.
