Shop where the locals do - Historic Uptown Lexington - antique stores, the largest True Value Hardware Store in the state, bridal shops, dress fabric store, old-fashioned candy store, bakeries, art and history museum, consignment shops, old-fashioned grocery store known for homemade pimento cheese and chicken salad, toy store, restaurants and more. Plenty of on-street parking. Along with the shopping comes a self-guided walking tour of the old buildings. A brochure highlights 41 historic properties in a 5-block National Register Historic District plus fringe sites dating from 1824-1948.