Two Keys named one of America's Best Sports Bars
Odds are many of you have spent some time in Two Keys Tavern. Two Keys is a campus staple, and watching a game there is a rite of passage for many in the Big Blue Nation, a ritual as sacred as late night tots at Tolly Ho or seeing Drew Franklin drinking Fireball at Tin Roof.
After scouting bars all over the country, Travel + Leisure named Two Keys one of its Best Sports Bars in America today:
Two Keys: Lexington, Kentucky
You wouldn't want to live above this bar, but partying here should be on your bucket list. Two Keys stays open till 2:30 a.m., 365 days a year, serving upward of 800 people at full tilt. "It becomes a crazy street party off our patio after basketball games, because our whole crowd rushes outside when the Wildcats win," says general manager Courtney McGuffin. On Tuesdays, regulars turn up for more unusual competition: goldfish racing, with a 64 single-elimination bracket. "Everyone competing gets a goldfish from our giant aquarium to race down these tiny water tracks," explains McGuffin. "The winner goes home with concert tickets or some similar prize."
In fact, those goldfish races are so popular that Scottie Pippin took part when he was in town over the summer.
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