Dinner -- 06/01/09

Loretta Lynn's Kitchen & Gift Shop
15366 Hwy 13S
Hurricane Mills, TN 37078-2347

931.296.1122

7:00 - 7:45 p.m.

$

Jim: Buffet samplings of fried chicken, fried catfish, barbecue, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, hush puppies, iced tea

Ramona: Buffet samplings of fried chicken, fried catfish, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, cole slaw, hush puppies, iced tea

There are portions of I-40 between Memphis and Nashville where few restaurants can be found. Holding out for an exit with a Shell station, so we could purchase gas at the same stop, resulted in us missing out on the good restaurant options in Jackson. Stopping at Loretta Lynn's seemed like a good idea. Having lived in Tennessee 16 years, I had passed it many times but never stopped.

Country music fans, especially fans of LL will enjoy this place, which combines a museum and gift shop with restaurant. Neither Jim nor I particularly care for CW music, so we were happy to find that the music was not overly loud. The food was okay, but nothing to make us say we'd love to stop there again. The bright spot of the meal for me was the creamed style corn, almost as good as my mother used to make. A display case full of homemade pies looked interesting, but we were too full to try anything after filling up on fried chicken and catfish.

--Ramona