the girls

In Trinity Groves, Lexy’s offers a female-focused dining experience

Story by EMMA RUBY | Photography by KATHY TRAN

ON ANY GIVEN DAY,

Lexy’s in Trinity Groves may host bachelorette parties, sorority-sister reunions, girls nights out, Disney princess-themed brunches or engagement showers. Even a few divorce parties have had a meal at the restaurant.

With luxury velvet seating, pink feather light fixtures, walls covered in roses and a champagne vending machine, the restaurant looks like a modernized scene out of Bridgerton.

Lexy’s was opened in August 2022 by husband-and-wife duo Julian and Alexa Rodarte, who serve as the Trinity Groves CEO and director of marketing, respectively.

Named for Alexa, every detail at Lexy’s — from certain menu items to the suitcase podium at the front of the restaurant — pays homage to her journey into the restaurant world.

“With Lexy’s, we wanted to embody who I was. I’m very feminine and girly, I always have been,” Alexa says.

On the cocktail menu, tequila cocktails served in teapots reference Alexa’s childhood love for playing tea party. The suitcase podium is a nod to the couple’s shared passion for travel.

The champagne vending machine sells a brand of champagne Alexa sold as a liquor rep for Southern Glazer, her gig before she joined Julian’s up-and-coming restaurateur endeavors.

Lexy’s was the first restaurant concept the Rodartes brought to Trinity Groves together, and Alexa — who spearheads the design of each of their concepts — had a vision for the space before the menu was developed. Despite this, Alexa says the dining experience at Lexy’s is not aesthetically driven.

“We never even planned for it to be the Instagram restaurant, that’s just how it kind of got labeled later on,” Alexa says. “Having a good menu, having quality foods with