Lexington chicken restaurant, once an international sales leader, is being demolished

Yet another once-key Lexington restaurant apparently is coming down.

A demolition permit has been requested for 1487 Boardwalk, which was the first Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken location in Lexington. The request was filed Oct. 31, 2024, and is awaiting review by the city.

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Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken franchisee Chuck Newnham, whose company K2 Property LLC owns the parcel, told the Herald-Leader in September that the location was listed for a potential sale or ground lease that would result in the property not reopening as a Lee’s.

Newnham did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the post-demolition future of the spot, which is next door to the Taco Tico that shut down in August .

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