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    Pure Eats

    3.7 (158 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Burger and sweet potato fries
    Rachel B.

    Excellent food and service, great indoor and outdoor seating. My only beef with this place is that they seem to up charge for everything and don't include sides with their sandwiches.

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    Great fun atmosphere and wonderful service. Ask for Sarah, she was the best and so helpful. Food was fresh and great flavors. Best fries ever. Will certainly come back!

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    Graysen W.

    My husband and I loved our experience at Pure Eats! The cinnamon sugar donuts are amazing, the service was excellent, and our meals were delicious

    Leslie R.

    Fun place to eat with good food! However, the prices are a bit high for basic burgers, fries/onion rings, and shakes. The buns and sweet potato fries are delicious. The patties themselves are just okay and the shakes are a little thin and melt quickly.

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    Rosie S.

    the food is excellent! the servers are friendly and efficient. Overall one of the best breakfast places we have been to... p.s the cinnamon raisin bagel is a must try

    A very small over cooked terrible burger

    Pure Eats is known to be a staple but this place has only disappointed me since moving back home and eating there again. First off the line up to the counter was very awkward and the employees seemed very annoyed I wanted to take my time looking at the menu. Mostly because everything that should just come on a burger or a hotdog is all up charged. I ordered a burger with cheese and fries and it cost me almost $15 which if the burger was any good or a decent size maybe I would be happier with it. My burger paddy was very small way over cooked and the bun was hard and dry. The only good thing we're the fries. Which I had to pay almost $5 bucks for. And the bag had barely any fries in it. The atmosphere in there is so stuffy and you feel like you're eating in a little kids playroom. Overall terrible place the breakfast I've had before as well it was so bad. Worst bagel that they bought probably frozen and same for the biscuits. Don't eat here they try to say the local beef is what is pure but it's not done properly to make it any good. DO NOT RECOMMEND!! You can see below how sad the burger was for this didn't even cover the whole bun

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    Troy B.

    This is a very nice find for donuts in Lexington. It has some parking out front and is within easy walking distance from hotels on Main Street. Six of us went in here on a Sunday morning for some donuts and bagels. THe donuts were excellent! They had a lemon one this day and I love lemon! They offer several different kinds of bagels including everything bagels... you can also add egg, bacon and avocado. We will definitely have donuts and bagels from here again

    Cheeseburger, French Fries, Chocolate Milkshake
    Heidi K.

    Diner like restaurants, that specializes in homemade donuts with breakfast served all day. We like to go for a cheeseburger and fries. Ambience is cool, old gas station with pillowed benches and red whitens blue decor. Prices are reasonable. Service is quick, order at the counter. My milkshake was a little thin, so ask for it thicker if that's how you like it. Great location in Lexington, close to Washington and Lee, VMI and downtown. Outdoor seating and beer and wine served too. Small parking lot and street parking... usually never hard to find a spot. Could be a line in prime times. All in all a good place for a quick casual bite.

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    Phuong O.

    Came by for lunch, ordered some burgers, they were alright, nothing special. They forgot to put lettuce on one burger but that's alright. Onion rings were pretty tasty. The Cole slaw was meh, had a sour taste to it.

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    3 years ago

    I find the food to be quite hit or miss. The pricing does it no favors. As the kids would say "pretty mid tbh"

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    6 years ago

    I would rate this just about average. Nothing special or to write home about. Just a quick stop if you're in a rush for breakfast.

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    3 years ago

    Great fresh food and friendly staff. Food is local and yummy! Burger with sweet potato fries is a must and a milkshake (local dairy)!

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    5 years ago

    Great place for breakfast! And awesome home made donuts to die for! Also dog friendly.

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    5 years ago

    Solid place. Little hole in the wall that needs some love. Great food great service and wonderful staff.

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    We came through on a Sunday morning and had doughnuts (good), bagel sandwich (not so good) and the breakfast burrito (just ok).

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    Tasty burgers and love the tallow fries! Also good ice cream. You can also sit outside in a great setting.

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