From worshipped food truck to the culinary anchor of the hot Distillery District, Chef Mark Jensen calls on a custom-built Argentinean-styled wood-fire grill for much of his seasonal, meat-heavy farm-to-table fare, but small bites like his reinvented takes on American classics (like peanut butter and jelly) are the standouts.

His version, on fire-grilled toast with ginger peanut sauce, lime-orange jam, chilis, cilantro leaves and red onion pickles, tastes of culinary revolution. Don't skip the 'farm-to-brine' pickles, either, or the inventive craft cocktails. Reservations essential.


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1. Barrel House Distilling Co

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A micro-distiller set in the barrel house of the now-defunct Pepper Distillery. It bottles bourbon, two moonshines (one aged in bourbon barrels), vodka…

3. Mary Todd-Lincoln House

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4. Bluegrass Distillers

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Arguably the best of Lexington’s micro-distillers, it uses blue corn instead of standard corn to make its bourbon, which you’ll learn about from the super…

5. Lexington Art League at Loudoun House

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6. Ashland

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Part historic home and part public park with storybook gardens, Ashland was the Italianate estate of famed statesman and great compromiser Henry Clay …

7. Headley-Whitney Museum

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The museum houses a 1940s Hollywood jewelry designer's remarkable collection of stones, trinkets and dollhouses. Don't miss the Shell Grotto, an old…

8. Thoroughbred Center

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The company that owns the famed Keeneland track also owns this farm where you can see working racehorses up close during 90-minute tours of the stables,…