Brunch in Lexington, KY: 14 places and their brunch hours

Downtown: Carson's Food & Drink

362 E. Main Street. Brunch Friday to Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm. Benedicts, chicken and Belgian waffles, bread pudding French toast and biscuit plates, with a children's menu for 10 and under. Most brunch plates are $14 to $19 on its posted menu. Reservations taken.

• Carson's menus

Downtown: Dudley's on Short

259 West Short Street. Brunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 2:30 pm. Quiche, peaches and cream French toast, several Benedicts, steak and eggs and a Kentucky Hot Brown, $16 to $24 on its posted menu. Reservations through its site.

• Dudley's on Short

Jefferson Street: Stella's Kentucky Deli

143 Jefferson Street. Open daily 9 am to 3 pm with a weekend brunch menu: an eggs Benedict special, a pancake special and pick-three or pick-four plates of local eggs, ham, sausage, bacon and biscuits. The deli says it adds a 20% service charge to every order.

• Stella's brunch menu

Distillery District: Granddam

941 Manchester Street, at The Manchester hotel. Brunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9 am to 2 pm: biscuits and gravy, seasonal pancakes, jalapeño chicken and waffle, crab Benedict and shrimp and grits. Reservations taken; walk-ins welcome.

• Granddam

National Avenue: Minton's

701 National Avenue. Brunch Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm, with a rooftop deck. Minton's takes reservations for dinner only and suggests joining the brunch waitlist on your way.

• Minton's

East of downtown: Epping's on Eastside

264 Walton Avenue. Brunch Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm; closed Mondays. From the Coles 735 Main team. Reservations through its site.

• Epping's on Eastside

Chevy Chase: Bear & the Butcher

815 Euclid Avenue. Brunch Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 2 pm: brunch bowls, a biscuit-and-gravy Bluegrass Breakfast, brisket and smoked salmon bagels, burgers and shrimp tacos, $15 to $19 on its posted menu. Reservations taken.

• Bear & the Butcher

South Lexington: The Merrick Inn

1074 Merrick Drive. The contact page lists brunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 3 pm, while other pages mention Sunday brunch. Starters include candied bacon, beignets and grouper fingers. Reservations taken.

• The Merrick Inn hours

South Lexington: Honeywood

110 Summit at Fritz Farm, Suite 140. Southern brunch from the Wallace Station family: ham biscuits, sweet potato beignets, chicken fried steak biscuit and bananas foster pain perdu, $5 to $18. Its menus page lists Saturday 11 to 4 and Sunday 11 to 3, but its brunch menu page says Sunday only, so check before a Saturday visit. Walk-ins and reservations.

• Honeywood brunch menu

South Lexington: 33 Staves

At the Origin Hotel near The Summit at Fritz Farm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to noon: biscuits and gravy, a croissant breakfast sandwich, a Bluegrass omelet and brioche French toast, mains $14 to $17. Reservations through its site.

• 33 Staves menus

Southwest: Azur Restaurant & Patio

3070 Lakecrest Circle, Suite 550. Sunday brunch until 2 pm; its pages give the start as both 10 and 10:30 am. Seasonal chef-driven menu with bananas foster French toast. Reservations through OpenTable.

• Azur menus

West of downtown: OBC Kitchen

125 Turner Commons Way. Brunch Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 3 pm: house-made pop tarts and donuts, omelets, Benedicts, steak and eggs and a Belgian waffle, $9 to $29, with a kids menu. Reservations taken.

• OBC Kitchen brunch

Hamburg: Wild Eggs

1925 Justice Drive. Breakfast, brunch and lunch every day: weekdays 6:30 am to 2:30 pm, weekends 7 am to 3 pm. Scratch kitchen with a cast-iron cinnamon roll and a gluten-friendly menu. Waitlist, no reservations.

• Wild Eggs Hamburg

North: Sedona Taphouse

1950 Newtown Pike, Suite 100. Sunday brunch, 11 am to 3 pm, with a kids menu.

• Sedona Taphouse Newtown Pike

Official sources for this guide

• Dudley's on Short: visitor information

  Last checked October 21, 2026.

• Honeywood: visitor information

  Last checked October 21, 2026.

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