The Places · United States
Lexington
Made By profiles 3 places in Lexington, spanning bar, hotel, texas bbq — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Hotel
The Manchester Hotel
Lexington, United States
The Manchester Hotel channels mid-century Kentucky maximalism across 126 rooms on Manchester Street, where brick loft architecture, leather-and-brass interiors, and a rooftop tiki bar with genuine Sixties camp energy define the property's character. At $224 per night, it sits in the middle tier of Lexington's hotel market, well above budget, well below the destination-resort bracket, and draws a loyal local crowd to its public spaces.
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02.Texas BBQ
Snow's BBQ
Lexington, United States
Snow's BBQ operates out of Lexington, Texas, on Saturday mornings only, from 8am until the meat runs out. Pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz, who has been working the pits since 1966, anchors a program recognized by Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list three consecutive years and featured in Netflix's Chef's Table: BBQ. Arrive early; the line forms before the doors open.
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03.Bar
Corto Lima
Lexington, United States
On West Short Street in downtown Lexington, Corto Lima occupies a stretch of the city's most active dining corridor and represents the broader shift in Kentucky's mid-sized cities toward Latin-inflected menus. The address places it among a cluster of independently operated restaurants and bars that have redefined what eating out in Lexington means over the past decade. It draws a consistent crowd from both the university and the city's growing professional population.
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