Enjoy a seafood dinner in Lexington. (Photo: seafood dish image by Leonid Nyshko from Fotolia.com )

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With Keeneland Race Course and University of Kentucky football and basketball, Lexington is one of the most vibrant cities in the nation. Whether you are there on business or for pleasure, you'll develop quite a hunger after a day of making calls, sightseeing or playing one of Lexington's challenging golf courses. The city has several seafood restaurants that serve the kind of food that certainly will hit the spot.

Regatta Seafood Grille

This restaurant, complete with its polished wood and blue and red nautical theme, sits next to a man-made lake. The menu is heavy with fresh seafood, but also has numerous selections for landlubbers. There are lobster and crab legs from which to choose as well as more than 10 varieties of fresh fish cooked in a number of different ways. Each dish comes with a salad that can be refilled as often as you choose. You'll find the outside bar very comfortable, especially on a warm summer evening.

Regatta Seafood Grille
3199 Nicholasville Rd.
Lexington Green
Lexington, KY 40503
859-273-7875
regattaseafood.com/

The Ketch Seafood Grill

Whether you are looking for a piece of grilled seafood or you yearn for something more elaborate, The Ketch is up to the task. Start your meal with an appetizer such as steamed Blue Point oyster or crayfish nachos fixed Cajun-style, or order a quarter pound of peel-and-eat shrimp. The menu features numerous seafood dishes such as Alaskan King crab legs, seafood fettuccine, or the very popular oyster “po-boy.” The Ketch also offers combination platters if you find it impossible to pick just one entree. For those who prefer something other than seafood, there are chicken, rib and steak entrees certain to satisfy.

The Ketch Seafood Grill