UK Athletics post: Lexington named a Top 10 city for food in the United States...

[WildcatWally-77]

Congratulations, Lexington. You did it. A top-10 ranking for the best food in the United States. This isn’t KSR’s opinion, but that of Condé Nast Traveler, which does fun things like rank cities based on their cuisine. UK thought it was important enough to make a social media graphic, so who are we to ignore it? 1. Oakland, CA 2.New Orleans, LA 3..Milwaukee, WI 4.Chicago, 5. San Francisco, CA 6.. Lexington, KY 7. Columbus, OH 8. Santa Fe, NM 9. New York City, NY 10. San Diego, CA

Lexington named a Top 10 city for food in the United States

Congratulations, Lexington. You have better food than New York.

www.on3.com

 

[TheApostleSaulSmith]

That's nice and all but...how???

 

[chroix]

Has to be weighted by how many restaurants per person. Otherwise this is a ******* stupid list. Also, this is a ******* stupid list.

 

[Johnnie Africa]

lol that’s a hard no

 

[TFCat11]

Any on one of these list that doesn’t include Cincinnati, is a fraud!

I’ve lived in Columbus (ranked here), Indianapolis, Louisville, and Cincinnati, and I’ve got Cincy ahead of those 3, and throw in Lexington for good measure as well!… Not by much, but still ahead

 

[Ednunn]

Right, just behind San Fran and ahead of NYC.

 

[The Space Happy Cat]

This list is staggeringly terrible...
Don't want to hate on Lexington but a major food city it is not

 

[Johnnie Africa]

Any on one of these list that doesn’t include Cincinnati, is a fraud!

I’ve lived in Columbus (ranked here), Indianapolis, Louisville, and Cincinnati, and I’ve got Cincy ahead of those 3, and throw in Lexington for good measure as well!… Not by much, but still ahead

I dunno I personally think
columbus has a much better food scene than cincy. Mainly due to all the high quality Cameron Mitchell joints. Don’t know about Indy. Saying Lexington is better than NYC is laughable though.

 

[AJBlue]

Whats most amazing about this ranking is we still made it AFTER Parkett closed down!!!

 

[TheDude73]

Only thing good I've had in Lexington is an Old Fashioned at Nick & Norman's. Easily the best OF I've ever had (and I sat there and had three one night!). Pies & Pints can sometimes surprise me with a good pizza.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Yeah, I don't believe that

 

[travisbickle]

Just for clarity this is from the Condé Nast Readers Choice Awards from 2025 so it’s a vote by readers, not some kind of Michelin star deal. Here’s the original article:

Condé Nast 2025 Reader’s Choice Top 10 Food Cities

 

[legalbeagle123]

Never dreamed this possible after Darrell's closed several years ago.

 

[bigblueinsanity (the real)]

That's nice and all but...how???

This. Whomever wrote this should be banned from food writing forever.

 

[DudahUK]

lol. No way.

 

[MbergCat]

LOL

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Last Applebees in Lex on Leestown can't carry the weight forever.

 

[Smeegs]

Oakland is No. 1? Grimy Oakland?

Sorry, but I really have to question whatever methodology was used for that particular list.

 

[TheApostleSaulSmith]

Oakland is No. 1? Grimy Oakland?

Sorry, but I really have to question whatever methodology was used for that particular list.

Lexington is over NEW YORK CITY as a food hub. That tells you all you need to know.

 

[Smeegs]

Just for clarity this is from the Condé Nast Readers Choice Awards from 2025 so it’s a vote by readers, not some kind of Michelin star deal. Here’s the original article:

Condé Nast 2025 Reader’s Choice Top 10 Food Cities

Sounds like some locals in a few cities got together and stuffed the ballot box.

Similar to how certain fan bases like to rig online sports polls.

 

[MethodUK]

Louisville is twice the food city of Lexington. Lived both places...

 

[TheKentuckyKid]

Waste of time, they don't even have Gatlinburg.

 

[UKortho]

Only thing good I've had in Lexington is an Old Fashioned at Nick & Norman's. Easily the best OF I've ever had (and I sat there and had three one night!). Pies & Pints can sometimes surprise me with a good pizza.

Coles on Main and East End Tap are pretty good. But Lexington ranked top 6 by Conde Nest is silly. Probably not top 60

 

[UKortho]

Lexington is over NEW YORK CITY as a food hub. That tells you all you need to know.

And Boston

 

[kuhlkat]

Any on one of these list that doesn’t include Cincinnati, is a fraud!

I’ve lived in Columbus (ranked here), Indianapolis, Louisville, and Cincinnati, and I’ve got Cincy ahead of those 3, and throw in Lexington for good measure as well!… Not by much, but still ahead

Many of Cincy's top restaurants unfortunately are in the hood.