![]() Pour Decisions, a social club and cocktail lounge in the heart of Lexington’s business district, opened Aug. “We are something that’s not a normal place in Lexington,” King said.LEXINGTON, Ky. King said several patrons have remarked that once inside, they feel like they’re in a bigger city nightspot. Garage doors can be opened to the outdoors, and many wall-mounted televisions will be tuned to popular sports events. Patrons can sit at tables or on Chesterfield couches, and tinted windows with crushed red velvet draperies help create an intimate, cozy vibe. ![]() The finished space has an industrial speakeasy type feel with red and black décor, sparkling chandeliers overhead, concrete flooring, dance floor and a mirror wall. Opening weekend was pushed back a week while waiting for glassware and a dishwasher to arrive. Opening during a pandemic wasn’t easy, and she had some delays in sourcing furnishings and other equipment. It had been vacant since March 2020.ĭoing much of the labor herself in the 2,300 square-foot space, she set about demolition work, painting and building a bar, as friends Chad Howard and Andrew Shayde lent helping hands. Main, the former location of The Casual Pint and more recently Gather on Main. That property was snapped up, but she was able to secure a lease at 233 E. “I missed the camaraderie of doing things, so I started looking into venues that were available, and actually the first place that I’d looked at was the old Grillfish on Limestone,” she said. And for the past dozen years she’s been founder/owner of Top Shelf Bartender Service, a company providing bartenders-for-hire with catering options for special events.Īfter mostly cooling her heels in 2020 and part of 2021, a newly energized King began to get antsy for a new project. In 2012 she founded Cocktails and Wedding Bells, a nighttime wedding show where engaged couples could browse vendor displays while enjoying a variety of cocktails. Five years ago, she founded Dipsie’s Gourmet Mini Donuts & Ice Cream (aka Dipsie’s Sweet Treats), which started out at the Venues of the Grand Reserve but in 2018 became a mobile doughnut and ice cream truck. For the past three years she’s been founder and owner of events planning company Kingsway Events. In the two years before COVID-19 hit, she founded Barrel Fest KY, a beer, wine and liquor festival that may one day make a comeback. Over the years, the ideas for new businesses kept coming. In late 2019, King sold her share of Venues of the Grand Reserve (now known as 903 Venues) on Manchester Street, a 50,000-squarefoot events space in the Distillery District that she founded in 2009-10 and formerly owned. “I was just kind of born into the entertainment industry,” she said. As the daughter of Thoroughbred industry veterans and nightclub owners with operations in both Lexington and Nashville, King had founded her first nightclub by age 26 and her second by age 29. ![]() ![]() Open since early August, Pour Decisions Social Bar is the latest project from King, a Lexington native and longtime local food, beverage and events industry professional. King was sure she was settling into retirement mode after founding and overseeing company after company for decades, but Pour Decisions proved her wrong. Main Street, is a new venture from hospitality veteran Kelly J. Pour Decisions Social Bar, recently opened at 233 E.
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