Bites of the Bluegrass

05/23/2026

Rain ruin your holiday weekend plans?

The sun’s always shining on a Bites of the Bluegrass tour. ☀️🥃🍴

Still time to join us Sunday and make the most of a long weekend:

• Downtown Walking Food & History Tour — 2:00–5:00
• Distillery District Food & History Tour — 2:30–5:30

Great food, hidden history, and a chance to experience Lexington in a whole new way.

Tickets available at bitesofthebluegrass.com☀️

05/23/2026

05/19/2026

✨NOW OPEN! Huge congratulations to ✨

Cozy, classic, timeless. It’s a space that hugs you right away and invites you to sit down on a beautiful back porch far from the rest of the world. Add in some of the friendliest service and best food in town, and it’s the kind of place you instantly want to stay awhile.

Summer weather is officially here, and this is your sign to treat yourself and grab a reservation. ☀️🍸

05/18/2026

05/16/2026

✨What a great night at ! ❤️

Thank you, , for always bringing people together for such beautiful and meaningful events. So many talented chefs, incredible music, and rooms full of community and connection.

Don’t miss it next May! Lexington is lucky to have nights like this. ✨

05/13/2026

🎂Today is our FOUR YEAR TOURVERSARY. 🎊

Looking back to the beginning:

1. A dress rehearsal with and friends the day before and a group photo from the first official tour (w/so many who would become friends and still give so much support today).

2. Zim’s Cafe— the perfect first stop beside the Lexington Visitors Center. So much love, hospitality, and connection to Kentucky farmers. And getting Ouita on an early tour? I was SO excited.

3. Agave & Rye — Peyton Caines welcomed us from the start, and today Tara Campbell leads an epic team filled with some of the kindest, hardest-working people around. It’s also where I sat and took a photo on my phone that I use as marketing all the time🤣

4. Salt & Vinegar at Ethereal Public House — Greg Spaulding believed in my idea and has been making magic from day one. He still serves one of the most beautiful plates on our tours and I’m mighty grateful to him and his team.

5. Southern Deli & Tavern — I still miss hiking up that hill for burgers and fried pickles on that magical patio. Bryan Henderson always made everyone feel like regulars. Thank goodness you can find him today at his new place .

6. The Grove and Fable— a place that has brought so much support from the start and reminds us everything’s better with collaboration. Little did I know how many friendships were waiting inside those walls❤️.

7. After refreshing the website about 2,000 times, the first TWO tickets finally sold to these gals visiting from California. 😂❤️

8. A snippet of all the places this little tour company has allowed me to go — and all the ways it’s allowed me to grow.

What a gift it has been to fall in love with Lexington again and again. Thank you to our talented guides, the best tour partners, and to all of our guests.

Can’t wait for the year ahead!

05/12/2026

✨ One night. 30+ chefs. Endless impact. ✨

It’s our favorite event of the year! F.E.A.S.T. is back — and this year promises an unforgettable evening celebrating the power of food, music, community, and Kentucky creativity.

Curated bites from 30+ incredible lady chefs, thoughtfully mixed drinks, live music, a silent auction, and experiences you won’t find anywhere else — all in support of ’s Food is Medicine programs.

🎶 Dance to the sounds of !, , and DJ Carrie ThaCuratot🍴 Taste bold, seasonal dishes featuring Kentucky-grown ingredients🥃 Bid on exclusive bourbon, culinary, and local experiences

And that’s not even the best part! Each ticket helps connect fresh, nourishing food to healing and health across our community through partnerships with healthcare providers, schools, recovery programs, and families across Kentucky.

Still time to join! Tickets at https://givebutter.com/c/feastforfoodchain2026 🎟️

Come hungry. Leave inspired. ❤️

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05/06/2026

🌸 This Sunday is Mother’s Day — and it all traces back to a Kentucky woman.

Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson of Henderson, Kentucky believed mothers were the backbone of the nation. In 1887, she began honoring them in her classroom with a special Mother’s Day pamphlet distributed on her own mother’s birthday. After Mary passed away, Anna Jarvis carried the movement forward, and Mother’s Day officially became a national observance in 1914.

There’s always a Kentucky connection. 💙

So this year, give Mom something she actually wants: an experience together. And in honor of Mary, we’re celebrating with a discount code in her name.

Use code MARY20 at checkout now through Sunday for 20% off any Bites of the Bluegrass tour or gift card.

Spend an afternoon eating, laughing, exploring Lexington, and hearing stories you’ll both be talking about long after the tour ends.✨

05/01/2026

🌹 It’s almost Derby time, and I’m thinking back to this perfect julep from a fabulous storytelling brunch at . What a morning!

Churchill Downs will serve 120,000 mint juleps this weekend—over 10,000 pounds of ice… but this drink didn’t start at the track.

“Julep” comes from the Persian word gulab—a rosewater tonic meant to help medicine go down. In the South, it became a farmer’s fuel: mint and ice to wake you up, sugar for energy, and bourbon for a little courage.

Then Henry Clay brought it to Washington society—reportedly reading the recipe straight from his diary at the Round Robin Bar in the 1830s.

From medicine ➝ morning pick-me-up ➝ Derby icon.

Not bad for a drink in a silver cup. 🥃🌿