http://doodlemeister.com/2010/03/10/lexington-virginia-3/ The Wide World of Doodling Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://doodlemeister.com/2010/03/10/lexington-virginia-3/#comment-1424 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:29:34 +0000 http://doodlemeister.com/?p=5743#comment-1424 Whenever I visit Lexington, VA, I make it a point to dine at least once at the Southern Inn because it’s one of the best, if not THE best, places in town for lunch or dinner. Because Lexington is a university town (Washington and Lee and the Virginia Military Institute) there’s a bunch of good places to eat. Another reason I love the Southern Inn is the neon sign. I’m a fan of neon, love them generally, the bigger and more gaudy the better. This sign is extra-special because by law it’s the only neon sign allowed in town and had to be “grandfathered” in by the historical convents now in effect. It’s been on Main Street since at least the 1040s, which was when I first saw it. In those days Southern Inn was just a regular small town restaurant, but for the last ten years or so It has been owned by a young gourmet-trained chef and his wife.

]]> http://doodlemeister.com/2010/03/10/lexington-virginia-3/#comment-1420 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:38:09 +0000 http://doodlemeister.com/?p=5743#comment-1420 Did you stop for dinner at the Southern Inn Restaurant, or just wander by taking pictures? (I’m not being nosey… it’s probably just time for me to break for lunch.)

]]>