The first thing you'll notice at the Alki Homestead Restaurant is that most of the other diners are older than you (unless you're 80 or more). These are the folks who order the various entrees from the menu. Everyone else comes to the Homestead for just one thing - fried chicken.
It's greasy but flavorful, bony and meaty all at the same time. The side orders of mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade biscuits, watery salad, Flav-r-Pac frozen mixed vegetables are adequate but nothing special. Order it family style and they'll keep everything coming until you say stop.
Oh, and there's something both spooky and special about the place itself too. It's in an old log cabin decorated with fringed wall sconces, lace tablecloths, and gilded paintings. It's elegant and at the same time just a bit shabby. It's a fifty year time warp back to the best fried chicken and a gut-busting family style dinner your grandmother only dreamed of.
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