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Top 20 Restaurant of the Week: BJ’s Garden Inn Café BY JOE SZYNKOWSKI
Southern. In the past, Leek had estimated serving up about 1,000 pounds of chicken per Once known for its week. delectable barbecue and Fried chicken is offered scrumptious side items, on the buffet daily but is BJ’s Garden Inn Café has carved out a new niche in also sold in family packs, priced affordably and Southern home-style with side options, as well. cooking. In addition to the daily The restaurant, started buffet, BJ’s also offers by Betty Jane Leek and now run by her son Kent, breakfast, available from is a favorite of locals from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. Patrons can order a Du Quoin but also draws visitors from neighboring variety of breakfast dishes ranging from the communities. traditional short stack of Leek prides himself on buttermilk pancakes to the authenticity of the dishes served up at BJs, as omelets, waffles, biscuits and gravy and potato he uses from-scratch cooking and his mother’s casserole. These are in addition to breakfast recipes to satisfy his meats such as sausage, faithful followers. “Fried chicken is the big bacon, and ham. Though the buffet is the ticket,” Leek told The FOR THE SOUTHERN
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main drawing point for lunch and dinner, BJ’s also has items on the menu that are available daily. Cheeseburgers, patty melts, chicken strips, Italian beef and the turkey club are only a few of the sandwiches offered, in addition to various salads and a soup of the day. If there are more than a few of you looking for a nice dinner, Leek encourages you to call and make reservations for larger groups. BJ’s boasts a separate room that can accommodate up to 80 people — a perfect venue for business meetings, birthday parties or family reunions.
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DETAILS What: Fried chicken, buffet, breakfast, sandwiches Where: 11 W. Main St., Du Quoin Hours: 6 a.m.-9 p.m. every day; breakfast is available 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone: 618-542-6125 Leek also offers catering and can make any event better with a little fried chicken or Southern-style breakfast.
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