Breakfast on the Keeneland Observe Kitchen in Lexington

There’s a hidden gem proper in the course of one in all Lexington, Kentucky’s hottest points of interest: the Observe Kitchen at Keeneland! The unassuming one-story constructing sits on the coronary heart of the racetrack grounds, and opens early on daily basis serving a reasonable Breakfast.

The Observe Kitchen provides cafeteria-style eating; visitors seize a tray and silverware, then line up on the counter. There are menus posted on the wall behind the servers, and have a group of sandwiches; home favorites like a breakfast burrito, pancakes, French toast, and biscuits and gravy; and the breakfast particular.

The particular is scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, and residential fries for $6.50, or $9.50 in the event you sub in nation ham. And every little thing is accessible a la carte as properly!

Right here’s the breakfast particular with nation ham, which is perhaps slightly salty for newbies.

This was my breakfast particular with sausage and grits subbed in for the potatoes. And a aspect of heat spiced apples. I like how the scrambled eggs are cooked up flat on the grill after which piled into layers.

The Observe Kitchen does justice by their biscuits and gravy. Good comfortable biscuits and a well-seasoned gravy.

I favored the spiced apples, too. Numerous cinnamon, and really comforting through the colder months.

The nation ham was good, however once more – very salty. A minimum of to somebody like me who didn’t develop up consuming it!

The eating room is adorned with images of successful horses from a long time as previous, in addition to jockeys, homeowners, and different notables within the enterprise.

The Keeneland Observe Kitchen is open Monday-Friday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday from 6-11 a.m. To seek out it, search for the entrance entrance of Keeneland and observe the indicators!

Keeneland Observe Kitchen
4201 Versailles Rd.
Lexington, KY 40510
(859) 280-2449
Internet: keeneland.com/visiting-keeneland
FB: Keeneland
IG: @keeneland