Don,
Where is Chicken Mary's located? Sounds like a good ride.... in about 2 months...
Pittsburg, KS. Actually just north of.
Interesting local restaurant history. Something of a feud actually. Chicken Mary's and Chicken Annie's. I've read (and forgot) the details many times probably. There was one. Then there was the other. Some family tie. Then competition. The newbie has only been in business like 65 years. The original a good ten years longer. Neighbors on what I call "chicken dinner road" but is actually E. 600th Ave. Sometimes competition, occasional (weird) fanboys, but always fried chicken.
The two places are literally right next to each other. So which one I visit simply depends on which way I'm coming from as I get there. There's also another branch of the chicken feud. That's Pichler's Chicken Annies. They're also a very long established place now. Pichler's is good too. It is actually 15 minutes closer to me. It's almost too close.
Dammit, now I'm hungry.