Aunt Judy's Country Kitchen is in Franklin, Indiana, in the same strip mall in the 300 block of E. Jefferson Street as Bojack's Pub (see post), but to call the building a strip mall doesn't really do it justice: It runs at a right angle to the street, along a wooded creek. It's a brick building which fits in nicely with Franklin University next door and stately houses nearby, so right away Aunt Judy's has more class than your usual home-cooking diner. The pale yellow walls and brown wood tables & chairs inside make it seem like your Mom's (or your aunt's) kitchen, and all the tables have a little vase with a fresh-cut sunflower from JR Parker Flowers, the other business in the building (like maybe Judy is the J in JR? Hmm...) that completes the homey atmosphere.
The Little Woman had her usual Grilled Tenderloin sammich and I got one of the day's specials, fried Alaskan Pollock with fries. The Tenderloin was near-perfect for our tastes, pounded out thin and nicely browned, with crispy fresh lettuce, tomato, and onion. The fish was so lightly breaded and fried that I was surprised it held together so well on my fork, yet it melted in my mouth! That Judy knows how to fry stuff... my fries were cooked just right, though I suppose there was nothing remarkable about them. We met several locals at different times that night who extolled the virtues of Thursday night at Aunt Judy's, when folks come from miles around to sample their Fried Chicken, which is to die for, they said, so DANGIT, we're goin' back!
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