Missy's Pie Shop is a bakery in East End, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open daily 08:00-17:00, but order whole pies days ahead for Thanksgiving and Derby week.
Address: 502 E High St, Lexington, KY 40502
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
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.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso with an in-house bake
Tip: The rick-house room is the atmospheric one; the East High Street shop is quicker for a weekday takeaway.
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
