Country Cousin, American restaurant in Centralia, US.
Country Cousin is an American restaurant in Centralia, Washington, serving breakfast, chicken-fried steak, burgers, top sirloin, and housemade desserts. The dining room is filled with antiques, giving it a look closer to an old farmhouse than a typical roadside diner.
Dick Keller opened the restaurant in August 1973, furnishing it with antiques from the start and building the menu around traditional cooking. It has remained a family-run stop along Interstate 5 ever since.
The property includes a working chicken coop where Polish show chickens roam, which visitors often notice on their way in or out. This detail gives the place a rural, farmyard feel that goes beyond what you would expect from a roadside restaurant.
The restaurant sits right off Interstate 5 at exit 82, making it easy to reach whether you are driving north or south. It opens in the morning and stays open through the evening, so it works as a stop at most times of day.
Parked on the property is a 1908 Brush Motor Company farm truck, one of the early mass-produced American automobiles. Most visitors come for the food but leave having noticed this old vehicle sitting quietly outside.
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