Athenian Grill is a greek restaurant in Chevy Chase, Lexington.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Gyro, Spanakopita
Tip: Open 10:30-21:00 daily; the gyro bowls travel well if the small dining room is full at lunch.
Address: 313 S Ashland Ave, Lexington, KY 40502
Josie's plates omelettes, waffles and the Chevy Chase Special every day until 14:00, the breakfast room that draws Chevy Chase Lexington's longest queues.
Signature: Josie's Dad Omelet, Chevy Chase Special
Tip: Daily 08:00-14:00 only. Weekend waits run long; put your name down and browse Chevy Chase Place shops.
A.P. Suggins Bar & Grill keeps Romany Road in burgers, catfish fingers and chicken livers, the Chevy Chase corner tavern where Lexington generations meet.
Signature: Catfish fingers, Burgers
Tip: Kitchen runs 11:00-21:30 most nights; the house salad and a burger is the local default order.
Corto Lima presses its own corn tortillas downtown at Short and Upper, Jonathan Lundy's Latin American kitchen and Lexington's standing margarita champion.
Signature: House-made corn tortillas, Margaritas
Tip: No reservations; seating is first come, first served. Closed Tuesdays, and Monday is dinner only from 17:00.
Stella's Kentucky Deli ladles farm-sourced burgoo and builds sandwiches in a Jefferson Street cottage, the daytime stop on Lexington's restaurant row.
Signature: Kentucky burgoo
Tip: Daytime only, 09:00-15:00. The weekend brunch menu is small; arrive before 10:30 to dodge the queue.
Columbia Steak House has fed Lexington since 1948, still broiling the garlic-butter Nighthawk Special with a Diego salad and frying its famous lamb fries.
Signature: Nighthawk Special, Lamb fries, Diego salad
Tip: Order the Nighthawk Special with fried banana peppers; the Richmond Road room keeps the old-school feel.
Doodles Breakfast & Lunch fries beignets and dirty shrimp and grits in a converted North Limestone petrol station, Lexington's morning-queue daytime cafe.
Signature: Dirty Shrimp & Grits, Pigs & Puffs
Tip: Closed Mondays and the kitchen stops at 14:00 sharp; the Pigs & Puffs bacon beignets sell out on weekends.
Josie's plates omelettes, waffles and the Chevy Chase Special every day until 14:00, the breakfast room that draws Chevy Chase Lexington's longest queues.
Signature: Josie's Dad Omelet, Chevy Chase Special
Tip: Daily 08:00-14:00 only. Weekend waits run long; put your name down and browse Chevy Chase Place shops.
A.P. Suggins Bar & Grill keeps Romany Road in burgers, catfish fingers and chicken livers, the Chevy Chase corner tavern where Lexington generations meet.
Signature: Catfish fingers, Burgers
Tip: Kitchen runs 11:00-21:30 most nights; the house salad and a burger is the local default order.
