KFC

This particular KFC in my opinion is they best.
The buffet is my favorite with having chicken and noodles (dumplings) on it.
Fried okra, gizzards…
The Colonel would be proud.
I live about an hour away so when near by I go.
I’ve tried Lowell’s, crown points but always disappointed, chicken is dry, and they don’t have the noodles!

So some of you may be reading this and wondering, «Why are you giving KFC of all places a perfect rating? It’s KFC, not HBFC.»
And I would be one of those people. But hear me out.
As an alumni of IU, I would always make the commute from home to Bloomington by car, and every time I would pass by the billboard sign for the KFC buffet in Rensselaer, I swore I would try it, just to say that I did.
Time passed. I graduated. And not once in my four years did I try the Colonel’s buffet.
Fast forward to last weekend, after a rousing weekend in Indianapolis visiting my best college buddy and various other friends, I found myself driving north on I-​65 Sunday morning. I passed by the billboard sign once again, advertising the buffet as it always did.
And something inside me clicked. Now, it felt as though was right time.
I got off the highway at exit 215 for the first time, and drove into the KFC parking lot, just as they unlocked the doors to open at 10am.
Now, it was DEFINITELY the right time.
I was greeted enthusiastically by the manager, who smiled and asked if I wanted the buffet. I said, «Oh, yeah.» He laughed, rang me up, gave me a plate, and proceeded to hand me as many orange ginger and honey BBQ sauces as I wanted.
Now, the food. Let’s not mince words: it’s KFC. But it was KFC that was pulled fresh out of the cooker.
And not just dinky wings or thighs…
Legs. And breasts.
BIG, JUICY BREASTS.
I have never been more satisfied with four giants breasts in front of me since… I digress…
Fresh cooked chicken in all varieties, with all the coleslaw, corn, green beans, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes with not one, but TWO kinds of gravy, peach cobbler, and bread pudding I could handle, with a clean table and facilities, a friendly, attentive staff, all for $ 8.55, $ 6.95 on Monday nights?
It’s a good thing Rensselaer is so far away. Or is it a bad thing?

HAVE AGAIN: this was my first KFC buffet in 15 years and it was very nice, but particularly because it was for the wedding party rehearsal dinner! Great time!

They were out of Chicken… Really??? I will say that they were very professional about it and gave me a free beverage while I waited. Even being a fresh batch of chicken it wasnt the best KFC I have been to. Mediocre is a good way to describe this off the highway stop.

I tried to stay away. I only come by here once a month and I didn’t have my lunch on this particular day. How convenient! It’s a KFC buffet. How can that be a bad thing. Well, maybe for your arteries! But that’s being picky. Everything was fresh, legs, breasts and wings. Extra crispy, Original and that new baked crap! Yes, it was all there for me and two others to act like wild hyenas with a fresh kill. Thank the lord it’s only once a month! Oh! the place was spotless! Aces for that alone!

KFC, yes. But it’s a buffet. Oh man, talk about messing up your diet. You can go in here and eat all the fried and grilled chicken possible.
Also they have two kinds of gravy so you can really add calories by cutting a biscuit in half and pouring on both kinds.
There are so many customers going through here that the food looks kinda picked over most of the time. This is in spite of the crack staff of 10 or 15 people lounging around at various places behind the counter.
They do have some nice outdoor picnic tables, and also some cool memorabilia about the Colonel and stuff on the walls that I’m probably the only person to ever read.