Southland Bagel is a bakery in Southland Drive, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The bagels are hand-rolled and boiled in Kentucky sorghum; weekends close at 14:00, so go before the church rush.
Address: 428 Southland Dr, Lexington, KY 40503
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.
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
