Meadowthorpe Antique Mall occupies 1463 Leestown Rd in Lexington, Kentucky, and the shop’s own team offers a fair warning to first-time visitors: it is larger than it looks from outside, so shoppers should be ready to spend some real time working through it. That warning comes from Evie Taylor, the mall’s contact, and it reflects a booth layout stocked deep with sterling and plated silver pieces, furniture, glassware, and primitives, the kind of mix that rewards a slow walk rather than a quick pass along the front aisle. Among the more distinctive finds documented in the shop’s own photos is a piece of Bybee Pottery, the earthenware made at Bybee, Kentucky’s Waco Valley Pottery, which is generally recognized as the oldest pottery operation west of the Allegheny Mountains still working roughly the same way it did generations ago. Finding a piece of that heritage Kentucky pottery on the floor is the kind of detail that separates a mall like this from a generic secondhand shop, since it signals dealers who know Kentucky decorative arts well enough to source and price them correctly.
The neighborhood context matters too. Leestown Road runs through the Meadowthorpe area on Lexington’s north side, a part of the city built up largely in the mid-twentieth century and now home to a settled residential population along with a scattering of long-running local businesses, giving the mall a neighborhood feel rather than a big-box retail setting. That location makes it a natural stop for Lexington-area collectors who already know the Meadowthorpe name, as well as for visitors exploring Kentucky’s antique trail more broadly; the mall is a listed member of AntiqueTrail.com, the regional network that connects antique shops and malls across the state for exactly this kind of touring shopper.
Hours are set and worth noting before a visit: Meadowthorpe Antique Mall is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, with the shop closed on Mondays. That six-day schedule gives both weekday regulars and weekend visitors a reliable window to browse, and the mall also maintains an online store for shoppers who want to search inventory or make a purchase without a trip to Leestown Road, a step beyond what many small antique malls offer. Between the physical booths and the online storefront, the mall covers shoppers who want to dig through silver trays and glassware in person and those who would rather browse from home first.
For anyone planning to visit, the mall can be reached at 859-255-2607, and its Facebook page offers another way to see current photos and ask questions ahead of a trip. Given the breadth of the inventory, sterling and plated silver, furniture, glassware, and primitives, along with a running case of finer pieces like the Bybee Pottery captured in the shop’s own photos, Meadowthorpe Antique Mall stands out among Lexington antique destinations as a deep, six-day-a-week Leestown Road shop where patient browsing routinely turns up genuine Kentucky decorative arts alongside everyday secondhand furniture and glass.
