K-Lair

A tradition of greasy spoon, low-​end dining aimed at a captive audience of college students.
I ate at K-​Lair (also sometimes called K-​Hair) pretty often when I was at UK, because it was conveniently located right next to my dorm, or along the walk to class. I didn’t eat there because it was good, it was always low-​end institutional-​grade food in a fairly utilitarian atmosphere.
Then, three years ago they tore down K-​Lair (and Haggin Hall next to it) and built new expensive replacements for them. I had to be near campus for some business last month so I thought I’d go visit old K-​Lair for nostalgia sake.
The new K-​Lair is larger, shiner and crammed with TV’s and wi-​fi antennae, and certainly looks more expensive. The food indeed was more expensive too from my time there (even accounting for inflation). Signs boasted of using local ingredients when possible. With the expensive contract that UK signed to outsource its food services, I thought maybe they’d nailed the K-​Lair name onto some more upscale eatery.
Also, the original K-​Lair served breakfast, it was a popular place to stop on the way to morning classes to get a breakfast sandwich. This new place doesn’t open until 11 AM and doesn’t serve breakfast.
Then I sat down with my burger and fries, my first one at K-​Lair in well over a decade and took one bite.. .that same gummy, lukewarm meat, that same half-​stale bun, the same boring crinkle-​cut fries that I remember from the 1990’s.
It may be a shiny, expensive, glamorous new building, but it’s the same old mediocre food being served there, just with more restrictive hours and no breakfast options.

Didn’t like this place at all. I had wildcat burger for $ 6.49. The burger meet had hard stuff in it. I didn’t eat the half of the burger.

This is the worst place I’ve ever eaten at in my entire life. The only thing that’s even remotely edible here is the sweet potato fries.