Columbia Steak Express, a tiny restaurant that once had a giant footprint in Lexington’s dining delivery business, is gone.
Restaurant owner Scottie Brockman said it served its last steak sandwiches and baked potatoes to go Saturday night, after 31 years. It’s the third Lexington restaurant closure in three days: Sam’s Hot Dogs on Lexington Green Circle closed on Friday and Joella’s Hot Chicken in Hamburg closed on Sunday.
“I’m sad, it’s been my life. We’ve had a lot of good customers,” Brockman told the Herald-Leader Tuesday. “I’m 70 years old, we can’t find employees and beef is our main product, and it’s went through the roof. And our lease is up. … You hear people say, ‘give me a sign,’ and I guess I got the sign a few dozen times.”…