Story together with photos yesteryear Melissa Donald
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| Outdoor patio of Joella's Hot Chicken inwards Middletown. |
Conveniently located inwards a shopping complex correct off the Middletown expire from the Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265) is Joella’s Hot Chicken. An guild at the counter together with topographic point yourself form of a place, Joella’s Southern specialty is fried chicken.
Hot, fried chicken, to endure precise, alongside several spice levels to pick out from. My favorite is Ella’s Fav, a mid-level spice that adds only plenty boot without putting my whole oral cavity on fire. Hotter levels similar the Tweener are available, or a no spice alternative for those who can’t accept the heat.
Chicken plates come upwardly alongside a quarter slice of chicken together with ii sides for about $10. H5N1 pop side is the raw kale salad; likewise available equally a full-sized salad alongside chunks of grilled chicken.
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| A amount sized raw kale salad alongside chunks of grilled chicken. |
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| Bar expanse inwards Joella's Hot Chicken - Middletown location. Beers on tap, together with a minor alternative of vino together with difficult cider. |
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| A diversity of card items including ii chicken plates, a large raw kale salad alongside chicken, Nutella Poppers, together with Cock-A-Doodle Brew amber beer. |
The Fun: Beckley Creek Park - The Parklands of Floyds Fork
Travel to the Fun: Distance betwixt Joella’s Hot Chicken together with Beckley Creek Park (Shelbyville Road entrance), roughly 2.5 miles or half dozen minutes.
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| First parking lot almost the Blue Heron Road entrance off Shelbyville Rd. Community gardens are located behind the pavilion. |
After lunch, crusade only a few miles farther E on Shelbyville Road to Beckley Creek Park. Take your Joella’s Hot Chicken to acquire together with picnic inwards i of several dissimilar green locations. There’s the minor shelter on the border of Green Heron Lake, or the larger shelter almost the Egg Lawn together with PNC Achievement Center. Or, sit down nether the trees at the Oak Picnic Grove across from the Humana Grand Allee.
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| Small picnic shelter at the border of Green Heron Lake. |
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| Oak Picnic Grove situated across from the Humana Grand Allee parking expanse together with boardwalk. |
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| Vista from the Humana Grand Allee boardwalk looking out towards the Oak Picnic Grove area. |









