The Local File

Places

Restaurants, bars, hotels, coffee, and things to do - the local file for every gameday town we cover.

Restaurants $ Lexington, KY

Kentucky meat-and-three plus the Hot Brown you came for.

Breakfast $$ Lexington, KY

Southern breakfast plates worth the wait.

Coffee Lexington, KY

The neighborhood espresso stop with a pay-it-forward wall.

Hotels $$$ Lexington, KY

Art-filled downtown rooms; the lobby gallery never closes.

Family Activities Baton Rouge, LA

Purpose-built for burning young energy before a night kick.

Bars Baton Rouge, LA

Born in Baton Rouge; wall-to-wall screens on Saturdays.

Attractions Baton Rouge, LA

A destroyer on the Mississippi, ten minutes from campus.

Restaurants $$ Baton Rouge, LA

Cajun seafood plates worth planning the Friday night around.

Coffee Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana-born coffee, dark roast done right.

Restaurants $$ Baton Rouge, LA

At the north gates of campus; the pregame table everyone claims first.

Breakfast $ Baton Rouge, LA

The 24-hour griddle that has fed generations of LSU nights.

Hotels $$ Baton Rouge, LA

On-campus rooms an easy shuttle or walk to Tiger Stadium.