Kentucky Fried Chicken!

After leaving Cumberland Falls, Rene and I found this quaint little cafe to have lunch.

It was Colonel Harland "Sanders' Cafe", and the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken (right in Corbin, KY)!!

Now a national historic place, Sanders' Cafe, was opened in 1937 as a restaurant and motel, and it was quickly discovered that the most popular item on the menu was the Colonel's fried chicken!

This is my hungry face!  Let's go inside and get some yummy grub...

But first a photo opp with the Colonel himself!

Col. Harland Sanders in the news over the years

Rare Colonel Memorabilia and items from the original cafe

Old advertising promo items for Kentucky Fried Chicken

You can even buy a shirt that says "I Ate Where It All Began"!

LOL...  you can also buy a record of The Colonel's Mandolin Band or a Colonel paddle fan!!

The Colonel's original kitchen

A motel room at the Sanders' Cafe

This is where Colonel Sanders would rake in the big bucks each day!

The Colonel in his office

Rene and Kerri ready to eat their tasty meal.

(Unfortunately, Savannah had to stay in the car for this portion of our adventure.)

The menu was pretty much the same, but I think it might be tastier just because we were eating in the 1940's ambiance. 

In true Japan style, here's a close-up of my food: potato wedges, soda, and Doublicious sandwich.

I'm always on the look out for cool "KG" things, and Rene & I were both puzzled by the packaging that now features "KFC" and "KGC". 

I feel like an idiot now, but I googled it later at home, and realized it stands for "Kentucky Grilled Chicken", which became a menu item in 2009.

Rene and Kerri toast the giant Colonel before we leave!

I should mention that Corbin is a quaint southern town, and this place became quite hoppin' with the after-church crowd.  It seems that everyone knew each other, and it was rather obvious that we were the crazy tourists just passing through. 

Rene and I weren't the only tourists though.  Much to my delight, there were also 4 young Japanese guys exploring Sanders Cafe the same time as us!!  They had their cameras out and were doing goofy poses, too.  Surprisingly, I could even understand some of their comments like "kako ee", which loosely translates as "looks good" or "cool guy".