{"id":12913,"date":"2014-11-23T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12913"},"modified":"2014-11-23T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T15:42:16","slug":"kendalls-kountry-kitchen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12913","title":{"rendered":"Elgin, IL &#8211; Kendalls Kountry Kitchen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12904\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Capture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12904\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Capture-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Kendalls Country Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Maps Street View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Damn. \u00a0Old timey diner, affable chatty waitresses (including the owner), \u00a0great food, great value. \u00a0So unassuming from the outside (left) you&#8217;d be likely to pass by if you weren&#8217;t looking for it, or one of the locals that has made a daily habit of stopping in for the last couple decades. \u00a0I know I would if I lived around there.<\/p>\n<p>Perused the menu, ordered the &#8220;Country Fried Steak&#8221; to which the response was &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, we&#8217;re out, you should try the chicken fried chicken, it&#8217;s really good.&#8221; \u00a0But of course, I HEARD her say &#8220;chicken fried steak&#8221; cause that&#8217;s what I was thinking about, but was too confused at that point to ask &#8220;what&#8217;s the difference between Country Fried Steak and Chicken Fried Steak?&#8221; \u00a0 If I would have asked, I would have understood at Kendalls, the latter is chicken.<\/p>\n<p>Some think eating chicken with eggs is kind of weird. \u00a0Cycle of life kind of thing. \u00a0My neighbor down the street, Al, who raises chickens in his back yard, gets so many eggs he ends up feeding lots of them back to the chickens. \u00a0Ok, that is weird. \u00a0Cannibal chickens.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;steak&#8217; was ample,a nicely crisped crust, and a handsome piece of breast meat inside. \u00a0Big bonus, it&#8217;s served with sausage gravy, a smooth and creamy concoction with nice chunks of breakfast sausage. \u00a0 Add a couple eggs, hashbrowns, and toast, and you&#8217;re gonna get outta there for less than seven bucks.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very long breakfast and lunch menu,and on a Saturday morning, there were empty tables. \u00a0 If you&#8217;re tired of waiting for a table for an hour at some place on Randall Road on the weekend, head down to Elgin. \u00a0You&#8217;ll be happy and richer at the end of your meal. \u00a0<strong>CASH ONLY.<\/strong> \u00a0ATM in the bar across the \u00a0street.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12903\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141122_102903.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12903\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141122_102903-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"Kendalls Country Kitchen\" width=\"457\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Two over easy with hash browns<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12902\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141122_102835.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12902\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/20141122_102835-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"Kendalls Country Kitchen\" width=\"474\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Chicken Fried Chicken<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kendalls Kountry Kitchen Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damn. \u00a0Old timey diner, affable chatty waitresses (including the owner), \u00a0great food, great value. \u00a0So unassuming from the outside (left) you&#8217;d be likely to pass by if you weren&#8217;t looking for it, or one of the locals that has made a daily habit of stopping in for the last couple decades. \u00a0I know I would&hellip; 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