dcs Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hershey's Restaurant in Rockville - 1952http://www.hersheysrestaurant.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hershey's Restaurant in Rockville - 1952http://www.hersheysrestaurant.com/ Welcome, dcs! Sort of 1952 - according to the website, it was a General Store in 1952, and not a restaurant until 1969. Anyone ever been there? I've driven past 1000 times, but never stopped in. They claim to be "famous" for the fried chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hershey's Restaurant in Rockville Gaithersburg - 1952http://www.hersheysrestaurant.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Anyone ever been there? I've driven past 1000 times, but never stopped in. They claim to be "famous" for the fried chicken. yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 yes. Is that the "don't even consider going here" emoticon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Maybe it's a hint about the fries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm212 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Is that the "don't even consider going here" emoticon?Went once about five years ago, remember thinking this is ok. Not great but ok.Never been back since and not feeling like I am missing anything. Want fried chicken - Go to RTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Went once about five years ago, remember thinking this is ok. Not great but ok.Never been back since and not feeling like I am missing anything. Want fried chicken - Go to RTC. I love the fried chicken at Ray's too, but I could still feed my entire family at Hershey's for less than my bill would be at Ray's. I haven't stopped going to Popeye's occasionally either. Fried chicken is never trite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Is that the "don't even consider going here" emoticon? Truth is it's been so long, I can't remember what I ate. Went for lunch a few times when I worked nearby (1991-1992). But I suppose it's the kind of place that doesn't change much over 15 years, either. American family food, I think. Maybe we should do a Twenty Dollar Tuesday here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Truth is it's been so long, I can't remember what I ate. Went for lunch a few times when I worked nearby (1991-1992). But I suppose it's the kind of place that doesn't change much over 15 years, either. American family food, I think. Maybe we should do a Twenty Dollar Tuesday here. $10 Tuesday, even! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I love the fried chicken at Ray's too, but I could still feed my entire family at Hershey's for less than my bill would be at Ray's. I haven't stopped going to Popeye's occasionally either. Fried chicken is never trite. My sentiments. Apparently there must be a RTC/RTS reference in each thread. Sort of like a where's Waldo. Quite tedious too. I have been to Hershey's many times and the place has "homestyle cooking", which can vary from day to day. So the fried chicken can range from pretty good to o.k. For the record, my love affair with Popeye's is coming to end, 8 bucks for a 3 piece of "not nearly what it once was" chicken has sent me away. Pollo Campero has picked up the slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Last week, Tim Carman had some positive things to say in his blog about Hershey's fried chicken, so it was inevitable that there should be a reckoning. Flush with an unexpected success at the MVA emissions testing station in Derwood, I headed up Oakmont for an early celebratory supper. As reported, Hershey's fries to order, so you'd better plan for a good 20+ minute wait from placing the order to your first bite. I tried the 2-pc white meat, with mashed potatoes & gravy, and hushpuppies as my sides. The chicken strikes me as a good, honest, straight-up fried chicken...fried to a dark blonde color, but basically a home-style fried chicken. I'd guess it's just dredged once in the seasoned flour, which itself seems generously salted but light on any other spices. Nice crisp crackle to it, and the white meat stayed moist all the way through, but not to the nearly miraculous level of Gillian Clark's. It looks to have been deep-fried, from the uniformity of the color. For less than nine bucks it's a good deal, but not something that I'll be craving next week: its only real fault is that there's nothing special about it. Solid, but IMHO falls a bit short of the top tier(1). I liked the hushpuppies, which also had that homemade formed-with-teaspoons honesty about them. However, the mashed potatoes were forgettable; despite showing a few stray bits of red potato skins here and there, they'd been whipped to extreme smoothness and were dangerously close to becoming wallpaper paste. Ditto the starchy brown gravy, probably made from granules. (1) And I mean the DC-area top tier. Because the legendary Willie Mae's Scotch House in New Orleans really skews your whole perspective on fried chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 We were there last week - it's around the corner from my daughter's drama school, so we go once in a while. It seemed saltier this time than last, and not as peppery, so wonder if they changed their dredge? The sides are mostly forgettable or inedible, though you can get a side salad as one of the two included sides, and it's at least fresh if not exciting. P.S. Reheats in the oven real nice a few days later. Urp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 I love this place, for what it is, but I have to admit that the napkins smell. They need to throw them out and buy new ones, or use a better detergent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookGuy Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I made it to Hershey's last night. Some friends have moved to Germantown and I noticed the place by the side of rhe railroad tracks that carry the MARC trains toward Frederick. II looked the menu up on the internet and they had Southern style chicken livers and fried chicken. So we went there last night. I did have the livers and the chicken and they were both excellent. The place has a very red neck bar look (although the clientele are not) and you enter through the porch where people are smoking. The service is OK but we did get served. Let's call it "good honest food" and be done with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockcreek Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Let's call it "good honest food" and be done with it. As clear an opinion of Hershey's as there can be. It really is a disappearing breed, the "neighborhood restaurant." (Listen to me - "I'm old!") They present a lot of local bands, one of the few places in Montgomery County to do so. Fair "warning": it's entirely folk, blues, or honky-tonk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I have been told they recently did a renovation and knocked down the wall between the bar and restaurant. I am planning to go in the next few weeks to check it out. It has been a while since I have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South_Rests_DC Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I haven't been, is this place worthy of adding to my website featuring southern restaurants? I'm taking recommendations! southernrestaurantsdc.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I haven't been, is this place worthy of adding to my website featuring southern restaurants? I'm taking recommendations! southernrestaurantsdc.com I'm not sure I've ever been here, and if I have, it was when I was a child. I would pay attention to the above posts, as it probably hasn't changed much if at all. Why don't you start a thread, called "Southern Restaurants," and ask the members what they think the best places are? Put your website in your signature file (I can help you if you can't figure out how) so you won't even need to mention it in your posts. People know you're here and will be glad to answer your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayandstacey Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I haven't been, is this place worthy of adding to my website featuring southern restaurants? I'm taking recommendations! southernrestaurantsdc.com I haven't been in a while either...but...your question is really a two-parter: 1. Does Hershey's fit the scope of "southern restaurant"? 2. Do they have the quality you wish to convey on your website? Only you can really answer those, especially #2. But I'd say I'm not really sure about #1 as they simply make "homestyle" food without trying to be any particular cuisine that is south of here. So does just regular-old neighborhood cooking count as southern on your site, as we're south of the mason-dixon? Or are you looking for specific genres, like cajun, low country, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 I have been told they recently did a renovation and knocked down the wall between the bar and restaurant. I am planning to go in the next few weeks to check it out. It has been a while since I have been there. The look and feel of the restaurant side has definitely improved since it has been merged with the bar side. No doubt the larger combined footprint is better to accomodate musical acts to draw more traffic. The menu has not changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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