El Gato Azul, LLC

09/01/2026

Good morning, community! 💙🐈

Everyone keeps asking, How can we help?

First, THANK YOU. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for every phone call, text, email, donation, social media share, equipment loan, purchases, paperwork, hugs, tears, kind word, and every other way you’ve shown up for us. You know who you are, and we appreciate you more than you know.

Until we can completely get back on our feet and rebuild, one of the best ways you can help is by shopping with us and supporting our small businesses. 💙

You can find us at:

🐈 Local LEX Market
🐈 Georgetown Peddlers Mall
🐈 West Lexington Peddlers Mall
🐈 East Lexington Peddlers Mall
🐈 El Gato Azul, LLC storefront
📍 441-B Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 11-6 Monday-Friday right now

We will NOT be open at the storefront this Saturday or Sunday. Instead, we’ll be out at the Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival from 10 AM–5 PM both days!

You can also shop with us online at www.elgatoazullex.com.

Please keep in mind that our website doesn’t have our newest inventory or the items we had at the Kentucky State Fair right now—but we can make things! If you see something you love or need something specific, please reach out to us. 💙

And most importantly, please continue to give us grace, patience, and understanding as we navigate this unexpected road and work to rebuild.

We may be rebuilding, but we are not rebuilding alone. You all have reminded us what community truly means.

Thank you for continuing to show up for us, support us, shop with us, and believe in us.

Much love, always. 💙🐈

Community over competition. Locals supporting locals. Teamwork makes the dream work!

08/30/2026

Bath day for everyone Merritt Monroy Ben Monroy

08/30/2026

September Shows! We would absolutely love to see everyone again this year, thank you all so much for all the love and SUPPORT

*Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival 5-6th, Wi******er. * Best of the Bluegrass 11-13th Georgetown * Honey Festival 12th Cynthiana *Morehead Arts & Eats 19th Morehead *Midway Fall Festival 19-20th Midway *Witches Day Out 26th Cynthiana *Southland Street Fair 27th Lexington

08/29/2026

Full production mode on this beautiful Saturday! So thankful for all the love and support, y’all really keep us moving forward!!

If anyone that has ever worked for us, knows anything about making shirts want to come help us fully throw down on Wednesday afternoon, we will take the hands we can get. Right now we’re just doing what we can to build inventory back up, we have order new ink, paper and sublimation printer to get most of the inventory back to normal but that will all take a couple of more days, but we I’ll have 6 heat presses lined up to go full force. We will have food and snacks for everyone! Even if you want to stop by and give out hugs, we will take those too!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

08/29/2026

working around the clock to get the GATO AZUL ready for Saturday Merritt Monroy Ben Monroy

08/28/2026

08/27/2026

Everyone is okay, but we lost everything early this morning! Everything is under investigation still, but our heat presses weren’t connected, and are not burn. They are most likely lost with all the water damage, smoke, and soot. It looks like we were just the neighbors that caught the aftermath, but it’s all in the dumpsters

The news report doesn’t show the booth that it started in, also the news report says 2 vendors were affected but it was 6, Ivette Made has significant damage as well, she is gone from the fair as well.

We start at ground zero today, and we will rebuild back. Thank you all for all the messages, comments, calls, and supporting our small business. We need it now more than ever.

Thank you 🙏🏼

08/27/2026

We will update as soon as we can, but the state fair for 2026 is over for us! Please send good vibes, prayers, and we pick up the pieces!! Much love, we will see you next weekend in Wi******er for the Daniel Boone Festival

Due to circumstances beyond our control we must pause our booth at the Kentucky State Fair. Everything is ruined, I am heartbroken

Please pray for all the vendors who now have to scramble to figure something out. Our heart goes out to everyone who didnt "get hurt" but is definitely hurt by this, especially our neighbor El Gato Azul, LLC who has suffered tremendous loss of all their merchandise and equipment.

🥺🥺😭😭😭

08/26/2026

Happy 1 week into the Kentucky State Fair kystatefair, we are at day 7 and the excitement continues! We’re inside the expo center wing c today until 9pm.

Ivette Made is right next door to us with her amazing 🪿 outfits, and we have all the fun 🪿 shirts! Come see all of us! Look up for the pilar C11

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08/25/2026

Day 6 of Kentucky State Fair kystatefair! Hours today 9am-8pm for the indoor exhibitions. Ivette Made is our next door neighbor, come see us today on this beautiful Tuesday, friends!