Jeff & Von's Place — Restaurant in Cordova

Please don't let the humble appearance fool you! This place. Has got. Some GOOD freaking food! Husband got the fried chicken, fried green tomatoes and slaw (just like my Granny used to make) and I stole some. Then I stole some more. All in between bites of my own GIANT double bacon cheeseburger! I was aggressively happy! Then I ran out of room in my stomach. And that made me sad. Then I remembered I'll have it for later. Then I was aggressively happy again. Husband says the chicken makes him think of what the original KFC would have probably tasted like when they first started up and were serving up fresh, seasoned, delicious fried chicken! I would move out here just to eat at this place every freaking day of my life. Jeff and Von's in Cordova Alabama. Jeff cooks, Von serves you up. This is home cooking...

The smell of cigarettes hit me in the face as I entered. The place was empty and rough around the edges for sure. Old black and white western playing on the TV...Zane Grey I believe. It was fairly cool that day, but a window unit with 100,000 miles on it ran wide open the entire time. You're so close to the tracks that a train came by and actually blocked the satellite signal for a minute. If only for a second, I was living The Truman Show. What I did get was a fresh cooked double cheeseburger, fries and a coke for $20 out the door (Thanks Jeff). It might not be for everyone but the food was good and orders kept coming in late on a Friday. I will return because I believe places like this need to continue to exist in small town America. Put aside your prejudices, get over the smoke...

Hard pass. I have almost over 500 Google reviews, mostly restaurants, and this is only the 2nd time I have turned on my heels and walked out, chiefly because of the vibe...and I LIKE greasy spoon hole in the wall dives. But this was too redneck even for me. Maybe was all the political posters plastered out front. Who knows. Stopped in solely to see if 1) business was open and 2) if served b'fast or lunch only (no cars in front zero ppl there aside from the one out front smoking and the one who was smoking cigs inside--the proprietor I assumed) and was answered with "Well it is a restaurant." If you say so pal, but not one that can't get beyond a 1 or 2-star review. Not...