Shopville, Kentucky · Est. on a Tuesday
Honest southern plates, slow-simmered sides, and a little general store stocked with the pantry things our grandmothers swore by.
Our story
The Salty Hen started the way most good things do — at a kitchen table, with a recipe card in somebody's grandmother's handwriting and an argument about how much butter is too much butter. (The answer, of course, is that there is no such thing.)
We cook the food we grew up on: skillet cornbread, slow beans, fried chicken with a salt-and-pepper crust that crackles. We pour real sweet tea. We don't rush the pie. And while you wait, you're welcome to wander into the general store next door — same building, same family — and pick up a jar of preserves, a bar of goat-milk soap, or a sack of stone-ground grits to take home.
Down the hallway
Pantry staples, small-batch goods, and the kind of things you used to find at the crossroads.
Strawberry-rhubarb jam, bread & butter pickles, chow-chow, and apple butter put up by the jar.
Stone-ground grits, sorghum syrup, Kentucky honey, and fresh eggs from neighbors with names.
Goat-milk soap, beeswax candles, hand-stitched aprons, tea towels, and old-fashioned dish brushes.
Whole pies, half-pans of mac & cheese, jars of soup, and biscuits by the dozen. Call ahead by noon.
Come on by
We're tucked into a little white frame building on the main road through town, with a porch and two rocking chairs that always have somebody in them. Pull right up — there's gravel out front and shade out back.
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
| Thursday | 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
| Friday | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. |
| Sunday | 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. · Sunday Supper 4 – 8 |
Say hello
Booking the back room, asking about a whole pie, or just curious what's on the supper table Sunday — we'd love to hear from you.