The canonical version and where to order it.
Central Kentucky's sharp, beer-spiked cheddar spread, served cold with crackers, celery and pickles. Invented near Winchester in the 1930s, it opens meals across Lexington from taverns to steakhouse bread baskets.
Johnnie Allman began serving cousin Joe Allman's beer cheese at his Driftwood Inn on the Kentucky River near Winchester in the late 1930s, a salty, cayenne-hot spread designed to keep customers drinking. Hall's on the River now operates on the Driftwood site, Winchester runs a 13-stop Beer Cheese Trail, and the spread long ago colonised Lexington menus, where it arrives with saltines and celery before dinners and ballgames alike.
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Winchell's covers Southland Drive breakfasts, beer cheese and UK game days in one room, the Lexington neighbourhood standby that opens at 08:00 every day.
OrderBeer cheese, Country breakfast
TipBreakfast runs until 11:00 weekdays and past noon on weekends; expect a wait after Saturday UK kickoffs.
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