A 32-ounce Kohaku River at Fizzy Fox Soda Shop costs $6. It's honeydew, Calpico, blue curaçao, vanilla and cream over soda. The $4 Puppy Butter Cookie in the case is made on site, a few feet away, by a different business. The cookie belongs to Golden Hour Bakery, which runs out of a full commercial kitchen inside the soda shop at 460 Southland Drive.
That arrangement repeats down the 400–500 block. Each business that opened or signed onto this stretch of Southland in 2026 shares its building with at least one other company. Some share a kitchen and some split a lease. One group bought the building together. Three addresses within a short walk show the pattern, from a shop that's already open to one that's still under construction.
| Address | Before | Who shares the building | Status as of mid-October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 460 Southland Dr. | Not reported | Fizzy Fox Soda Shop and Golden Hour Bakery | Open, Tuesday–Saturday, 1–8 p.m. |
| 468 Southland Dr. | Leaky Momma | Lexington Baking Collective: Dahlhus Fudge, Futile Bakery, Leaky Momma, plus rotating bakers | Pop-up hours reported since late August |
| 500 Southland Dr. | Crown Foot and Ankle Center | Good Reception Records and Jawn Coffee | Rezoned in August; still under construction |
460: A Soda Truck That Needed Room for a Baker
Fizzy Fox spent about two years as a beverage truck at Greyline Station before it took the storefront at 460 Southland. The truck is staying at Greyline. The father-and-son owners announced the Southland location in early September and called it open for "beta testing." They posted hours of 1 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. WKYT reported those same hours, one hour later than the truck's noon-to-7 schedule.
The move was about space. Daniel Osborne, the father in the partnership, told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the shop has "over 30 regular syrup flavors, and then I think we're at a dozen sugar-free flavors that we didn't have room for in the truck." The shop seats 15 to 20 people. A soft-serve machine means any drink can become a float.
The extra room also fit a second business. Victor Mitchel's Golden Hour Bakery makes cookies, brownies and cream puffs with animal themes on site. Mitchel told the Herald-Leader he wants to add cupcakes, cake pops and Japanese fluffy cheesecake. The Herald-Leader described the arrangement as a partnership that added a full commercial kitchen to the new space.
The location fits the block, too. Across the street are A+ Comics & Collectibles and the game store D20 Hobbies, and the Herald-Leader noted that the shop hopes for traffic from both. South of Wrigley and the Lexington Baking Collective are both nearby.
468: Three Bakers Bought the Building Together
A few doors down, the sharing goes further. Adam Dahl of Dahlhus Fudge, Joe Kuehner of Futile Bakery, and Erika Pike of Hound & Horse Bakery bought the former Leaky Momma building at 468 Southland. Pike had also bought the Leaky Momma lactation-cookie business, which continues under the new roof. The building is a little over 1,500 square feet. A café sits up front, with seating inside and pet-friendly seating outside, and a commercial kitchen built just for baking is in back.
Before this, each business worked out of a different place. In July, the Herald-Leader listed them: Dahlhus Fudge on Woodland Avenue, Futile Bakery's cinnamon rolls at Old School Coffee and through wholesale, and Hound & Horse dog cookies and Leaky Momma cookies at the Lexington Farmers' Market and at pop-ups outside the Southland building. The paper asked why businesses that were doing fine on their own would combine. The owners gave three reasons: a permanent home they own, a way to help other bakers, and possibly lower costs.
The kitchen is meant to hold more than the three founders. The Collective's About page describes "rotating bakers in the shared kitchen space," and the owners offer coaching to other local bakers who ask for it. Dahl expects strong demand:
"We fully expect to be sold out and on a wait list because of the demands and the talented bakers we have here in Lexington."
He said that to the Herald-Leader in July.
The opening has happened in stages. In late August, a Collective post embedded in the Herald-Leader's restaurant roundup said there would be regular pop-up hours while work on the back of the space continued. In July, the owners had planned weekday hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekend hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those were planned hours, and no newer posted schedule has been confirmed. The Collective's homepage still says it will open "later in summer 2026," which is clearly out of date.
500: A 300-Square-Foot Record Shop That Needed a Coffee Partner
At the end of the block, where Southland meets Rosemont Garden, the former Crown Foot and Ankle Center office will hold Good Reception Records and Jawn Coffee. The record shop is the smaller half of the pairing. Good Reception has about 300 square feet and plans to keep more than 1,000 records there, using off-site storage and an online store for the rest. Owner Chase Fairchild plans to use the connected coffee space, which brings the total to about 1,500 square feet, for occasional evening concerts and vinyl nights.
The two businesses connect through another shop. Fairchild met John Cable at Manchester Coffee Co., which Fairchild co-founded. Cable and his wife, Stephanie Leung, started Jawn Coffee in 2022, and 500 Southland will be its first permanent location.
The building needed city approval because it was zoned for offices only. The steps went like this:
- June 11, 2026: The Planning Commission took up Fox South LLC's request to rezone 500 Southland's 0.684 net acres from Professional Office (P-1) to Neighborhood Business (B-1). Both the zoning committee and city staff recommended approval.
- The staff reasoning: In the Planning Commission agenda, staff said the plan keeps the existing 2,463-square-foot one-story building and 11-space lot. It converts the building to "low-intensity commercial uses" in what had been "strictly professional office" development, with no changes to the exterior.
- August 13, 2026: The Urban County Council approved Ordinance 0650-26, which the record shows came to Council with a 9–0 Planning Commission recommendation.
The spring forecast of a late-May or early-June opening came before the zoning process had finished. The shop's own website now says the store is coming "later this year." In the meantime, it runs the Lazy Lightning Concert Series, Grateful Sunday with Manchester Coffee, in-store DJ nights and listening parties. The site places the store "a stone's throw" from Willcutt Guitars, the Doo Wop Shop and Tahlsound, the established names on what it calls Lexington's "Music Row." Fairchild described the history to the Herald-Leader, going back to Lemco Sound Studio "cutting records with Ralph Stanley and J.D. Crowe in the 70s."
Down the Street at 125, a Long Run Ended
The other big change on Southland this year was a closing. Columbia Steak Express served its last steak sandwiches and baked potatoes at 125 Southland Drive on Feb. 14, 2026, after 31 years. It opened on Pimlico Parkway in 1994 and moved to Southland a few years later. According to the Herald-Leader, it once delivered to all of Lexington's hospitals and took large catering orders to Toyota in Georgetown. The Columbia Steak House locations at 201 N. Limestone and 2750 Richmond Road were not affected.
Columbia Steak Express ran as one business in one space for decades. The newer arrivals up the street have set up their buildings differently. Golden Hour bakes inside Fizzy Fox's shop. The Collective's three owners share one building and one kitchen and plan to rent it to rotating bakers. Good Reception and Jawn will divide about 1,500 square feet. Of the three, only the 468 owners have explained the choice publicly, citing a permanent home they own, a way to help other bakers, and possibly lower costs.
Where Things Stand This Fall
The Southland Street Fair closed the road between Southport Drive and Southview Drive from 8 a.m. to about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. Here is the status of each address as of mid-October:
- Fizzy Fox and Golden Hour Bakery, 460: Open Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 8 p.m., according to the September reports.
- Lexington Baking Collective, 468: Pop-up hours were reported in late August. No full daily schedule has been confirmed, so check the Collective's own channels before going.
- Good Reception Records and Jawn Coffee, 500: Rezoned and under construction. The shop says it will open "later this year," with concerts and pop-ups until then.
- 125 Southland: Columbia Steak Express's former space. No new tenant has been reported.
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