Escape from Quarantine: Joe's Gizzard City Potterville, MI

      We've been good staying at home thus far, maybe a bit over cautious, but at some point in time everybody breaks down, decides to get out, explore, take a drive, maybe even freaks out, and just GET THE HELL OUT OF THE HOUSE.  Yeah, we still have a few quarantine restrictions here, but regardless we just bolted for some US TIME.  We had to drop the RV off at a repair shop for some long overdue Alaskan Highway repairs so we just kept heading a bit further south.
      It is no secret that I love chicken, especially gizzards!  I'm not even going into the anatomy of gizzards except to say you either love them or you don't.  Watching a recent edition of Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives I discovered this place.  Not that far from us and certainly worth a get away.  We drove 2 1/2 hours to Lansing and checked into a motel where we can bring our pets as well.  Our destination was not much further.  Joe's Gizzard City is located in Potterville, MI and made famous by the TV show.  Those of the Islamic faith may point their prayer blankets towards Mecca, but I tend to point my tummy towards a good chicken gizzard joint.  Although it can be a trigger food for my gout if I eat too many or too often, they are my weak point, located well within my blind spot.

Joe's Gizzard City Potterville, MI

      Of course due to the governmental restrictions for COVID-19 dining in was limited so we called in our order and took it back to the motel.   www.gizzardcity.com/  Although it looked like a small place it was indeed a pretty small bar with some tables.  We chose take out to go back to the A/C in the hotel.  It was ready when we arrived.  Great service, friendly staff.  Unfortunately we missed the 2020 Potterville Gizzard Fest the following weekend as well.
      They do offer much more than just gizzards, which made my bride quite happy as well including a Triple D Burger in honor of their appearance on the show.  They do offer 6 different styles of gizzards to include regular, Cajun, Garlic n Herb, Tex Mex, Naked Fried, and Naked Nuked.  www.gizzardcity.com/menu/

Traditional Style Gizzards w/FF and Cocktail Sauce

Loaded Crispy Chicken Smasher

Roux's Chicken Fingers and Fries

      Barb got the Loaded Crispy Chicken Smasher while of course I got the Gizzard Dinner Traditional Style and we got Roux the Repuplican the Chicken Fingers & Fries.  She deserved it as the best navigator all day.  We found the food to be excellent except they did not include plastic utensils.  Barb loved her meal as did I.  In fact the best gizzards I've ever had was in Alaska and these were better than that!   Roux had no comment.  How the hell could she?  Her mouth was full from start to finish.  In fact the Chicken Fingers are supposed to be 3 per box, but when they found it was for our pup they included 6.  Total price for our meal: $32.  One of these days I would love to visit here once again during the Potterville Gizzard Fest.  It's my kind of small country event;  good food, atmosphere, and friendly folks.  Keep wearing those masks and practice social distancing, sanitization, and common sense folks.  We are all together and can get through this.  This one gets the FULL MONTY.  

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