With expansive windows looking out on Triangle Park, this comfortable hotel restaurant attracts downtown professionals and folks frequenting Rupp Arena. Greenery and brass accents enliven the airy space, which is as good for a business lunch as a romantic dinner. Lunch offers pastas, salads, and sandwiches (including a delicious hot brown!), along with a weekly pasta bar that pulls in regular crowds. The dinner menu features steaks, seafood, and other hot entrees.They offer a Sunday buffet as well.

If you've got a hankering for good, old-fashioned comfort food, you'd be hard-pressed to find any better than that served at Cantuckee. Unpretentious and friendly, the place offers country cooking galore. Chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, fried catfish, country ham, barbecue, and fried chicken all hold places of prominence on the menu; they come with scrumptious homemade yeast rolls and wonderful side dishes of cole slaw, greens, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Desserts are also a treat, and if you can't make it for one meal, rest easy and know that another one waits just around the corner!

Hip and funky, this coffee house is one of Lexington's most established and is a terrific place to savor a cup of joe. Coffees are fresh-roasted in-house, and the aromas that greet patrons provide a not-so-subtle hint of the good things to come. A variety of gourmet coffee and tea drinks satisfies eager visitors, who also partake of Italian sodas and hot chocolates. Along with the tasty, requisite desserts and pastries, light fare such as soups, quiches, and deli sandwiches can help ward off hunger pangs.

Housed in an historic brick building, this neighborhood coffee house attracts a wide mix of folks, from college students to professionals. The laid-back ambience is ideal for lounging, and more than a few patrons read, chat, and take care of business while indulging in a white mocha latté or some other favored beverage. Hot and cold coffee drinks are featured, along with teas, hot chocolates, and sodas. You can also pick up a brownie, scone, or some other dessert to pair with your drink. From time to time, the place stages art shows and musical performances.

If you're concerned about how food is raised and the environment is maintained ­ or even if you just enjoy fresh, local ingredients ­ you'll like this cafe. Dedicated to healthy foods and given only to a light tread on the planet, the enterprise delivers the best in natural, unadulterated foodstuffs. You'll find organic coffees, smoothies, and juices that are the ultimate in quality, along with salads, sandwiches, sushi, and hot dishes for carnivores and vegetarians alike. Available for eat-in or take-out.