Lexington

Seven-day weather

• County Club

  $$

  Barbecue · Distillery District

  Smoked meats in a rehabilitated warehouse.

• Middle Fork Kitchen Bar

  $$$

  Seasonal · North Limestone

  A small, serious Kentucky kitchen.

• Dudley's on Short

  $$$

  American · Downtown

  A longtime special-occasion room.

• The Village Idiot

  $$

  Gastropub · Downtown

  A restored schoolhouse, lively and local.

• Keeneland fall meet

  October

  Hats, horses, and the best afternoon in Kentucky.

• Kentucky Bourbon Trail day trip

  Year-round

  Woodford and Castle & Key are an easy loop.

• UK football Saturdays

  Fall

  The whole town tilts toward Kroger Field.

  This weekend

Neighborhoods