Diesel Fried Chicken

From Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men

Yes, it is a real place, the sign still there...in Van Horn

 

"When they pulled into Van Horn it was seven oclock at night.  She'd slept a good part of the way, curlted up with her knapsack as a pillow.  He pulled into a truckstop and shut off the engine and her eyes snapped open like a deer's.  She sat up and looked at him and then looked out at the parking lot.


Where are we? she said.

Van Horn.  You hungry?


I could eat a bite.


You want some diesel fried chicken?"

No Country for Old Men

Cormac McCarthy wrote about this place in Van Horn in his book, No Country for Old Men. The scene didn't make it into the movie, but you can see it yourself, by taking the second Van Horn exit and traveling south from I-10...just 1/2 block away from the interstate!

And no, you can't buy Diesel Fried Chicken in town, but there is a lovely hometown restaurant, Pappa's Pantry, just across the street!