Jean's Restaurant

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  Jean's was an authentic country restaurant of the old school, located in Rockcastle County Kentucky. It was perched about halfway up Burr Hill, near Exit 59, off of Interstate 75.
  
  I cried when I heard that it burned down.
  
  When I say Jean's was authentic, I mean that it was where the locals went to eat. Jean's did not pander to the I-75 tourist trade and it wasn't littered with Cracker Barrel-crap. It's where you went to eat dinner on Sunday afternoon, after church. It's where county political bosses held court and kissed babies. It's where all the best gossip was spread.
  
  I only ever ate three things at Jean's but I would travel around the world just to eat them there again: (1) country ham so strong it would salt cure your tongue; (2) pinto bean soup with hamhocks that was especially good for your heart, if you know what I mean; and (3) fried cornbread, smothered in enough real butter to make life worth living.
  
  Oh, I forgot the chocolate cream pie! And coffee in those old-school diner coffee cups that were not an affectation at Jean's, just the only crockery they ever had.
  
  You'll have to excuse me now. I feel a fresh batch of bitter tears coming on.

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  Posted on 09.16.13 Dyche M.

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  it burned down... sad

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  Posted on 10.28.12 Bob A.

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