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Indiana restaurant where Lincoln ate for sale - Rob Wick - 02-26-2022 07:45 PM
Anyone who has visited Spencer County, Indiana likely has heard of The Log Inn. It was founded in 1825, making it the oldest restaurant in Indiana, and it claims that Lincoln ate there in 1844 while visiting Spencer County and campaigning for Henry Clay. Joe Di Cola, Gene Cook, and myself all ate there on a trip to the Lincoln boyhood sites. It has some of the best friend chicken I've eaten. Asking price? $3 million.
Best
Rob
https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/log-inn-listed-for-sale-in-gibson-county/
http://theloginn.net/
RE: Indiana restaurant where Lincoln ate for sale - Gene C - 02-27-2022 08:11 AM
That was a fun visit. Let's do it again.
RE: Indiana restaurant where Lincoln ate for sale - RJNorton - 02-27-2022 09:02 AM
Vicki and I went to the Log Inn sometime during the early 1980s. We had friends we visited in Evansville and then went there to eat. I recall a really wonderful meal. My memory is that we ate at a really long table, not an individual booth. I do not know how accurate that part of the memory is.
RE: Indiana restaurant where Lincoln ate for sale - Rob Wick - 02-27-2022 10:10 AM
Roger, we never ate in the Lincoln room, so I can't say what it looks like, but I don't think your memory is wrong. In the dining room we ate in, the tables werre the normal round ones, but I think there are various types of tables there.
Gene, I'm ready.
The one thing about the restaurant is that they don't take credit cards. Gene, Joe, Cheryl and I were going to eat there one time and couldn't because none of us had any cash. The wait time for a table (especially on a weekend) can be as much as an hour or more, but it's definitely worth it.
Best
Rob
RE: Indiana restaurant where Lincoln ate for sale - LincolnMan - 02-28-2022 08:15 AM
I hope it gets purchased. I would hope that such a great place of such historical significance would close its doors for good.