 History
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Claudia Sanders Dinner House, like the family that founded it,
has a never say die attitude. While ravished by fire the day
after Mother’s Day, 1999 the Dinner House has reopened
in an improved facility. We have larger banquet facilities and
a state of the art kitchen, but have maintained the country
charm of the old dinner house. With the enlarged and updated
kitchen we have the space and equipment to prepare you favorite
Kentucky dishes the way your grandmother made them.
In 1959, at the age of 69, Colonel Harland Sanders and his
wife, Claudia, moved from Southeastern Kentucky to Shelbyville.
Prior to this, the Colonel had spent many years in Corbin,
Kentucky, developing his now world-famous chicken recipe.
His move to Shelbyville was prompted by the opening of Interstate
75 which bypassed Corbin and his restaurant. It was however,
from this very building that Kentucky Fried Chicken grew into
a world-wide organization.
The one hundred twenty five year old dwelling, Blackwood
Hall, which is adjacent to the Dinner House, served as the
Sander’s residence and the base of operation for Kentucky
Fried Chicken after their move here. The expanding business
soon brought a need for office and warehouse space, so they
constructed a building, later to become Claudia Sanders Dinner
House that burned in May 1999.
In 1964, Colonel Sanders sold Kentucky Fried Chicken and
the company offices were moved. Neither this building nor
the Sanders were to remain idle for long however. Their knowledge
of Southern Recipes and their natural leaning toward the restaurant
business soon brought about the creation of this, the Claudia
Sanders Dinner House where an air of Southern Hospitality
and cooking combined with old fashioned, family style service
still remain. You can take some of these Southern recipes
home with you. Ask our hostess about the ‘Claudia Sanders
Dinner House Cookbook’, a welcome addition to any cook’s
collection.
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