For followers of Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken who’ve been questioning if the favored hen chain would ever reopen its Versailles Street location there’s some unhappy information: The reply is not any.
The constructing on the busy nook of Versailles Street and Pink Mile Street has been demolished.
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What’s going up as a replacement? Apparently a brand new Speedway. A constructing allow for a comfort retailer and gasoline station was filed with town in August. The $2.4 million venture continues to be going by way of the overview course of with town.
In response to Fayette County property information, the restaurant was inbuilt 1984; the property was acquired by Speedway in June 2021 for $750,000, together with adjoining parcels acquired for $850,000.
What occurred to Lee’s?
The hen restaurant has been closed since 2019, when Lee’s abruptly closed all three Lexington places.
One Lee’s, at 3014 Richmond Street, reopened in 2021. The situation at 1487 Boardwalk was anticipated to reopen in 2022, however it by no means did.
And now the Versailles Street location has been torn down, leaving the Richmond Street location as the one place to get Lee’s Well-known Recipe boneless hen tenders in Lexington.
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