Morrison’s - A Logan County Institution
Growing up in Logan County, I ate at Morrison’s Drive Inn at least 800 million times in my short life. No trip home is complete without a trip to Morrison’s Stollings, WV. In fact, I really don’t consider it Christmas Eve without a lunch trip there. I was visiting my parents last week and slipped over to Stollings with Mom to get some delicious Morrison’s food.
For me, the Morrison’s dilemma is whether I go with the cheeseburger basket or the chicken livers. Their cheeseburger is a work of art and after having had the McShitty, just a week before felt the need to have a great hamburger to wash that turd out of my mouth, but that was taken care of the night before when we grilled some cheeseburgers, so my choice was made: chicken livers.
I love organ meat, especially chicken livers. Morrison’s makes the best fried chicken livers in the known universe (a reasonable competitor can be found at the Workman’s IGA deli in Chapmanville, WV on Wednesdays). These livers are lightly coated with a crispy batter with soft, livery goodness on the inside. The options of side for the chicken liver basket are onion rings or french fries. The onion rings are homemade, and pretty much the best damn onion rings ever. The fries are of the frozen Ore-Ida variety. Needless to say, I went with the O-rings. These are the gold standard of onion rings.
The Chicken Liver Basket
Mom went with the cheeseburger basket. The cheeseburgers at Morrison’s are served on toasted buttered and white bread, and wrapped in cellphane. I believe they do this to prevent any flavor from escaping. It comes with standard burger toppings: pickles, mustard and a big ol’ piece of onion. It’s pretty much what every cheeseburger aspires to be.
The Cheeseburger Basket - see how the cellphane locks in the flavor.
I would be remiss to not mention the hotdogs. Morrison’s makes some great hotdogs. That’s all I’ll say, since they were previously praised by the WV Hotdogs guy.
They also sell beer, which they will bring to your car.
The Morrison's Menu
Category: Our reviews | Tags: cheeseburgers, Curbside service, entrails, hot dogs, onion rings
July 9th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Yum…this makes me want to drive down to LC next time I am in WV. Thanks for sharing.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Another masterful blog piece. You are so right about cellphane locking in flavor. Kinda like dental dam. Sometimes it’s good to lock in the flavor….sometimes it’s not. Keep up the good work!
July 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
You had me at chicken livers…
…and cheeseburgers…
…and onion rings…
…and BEER DELIVERED!!!!!!
July 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am
While I have never had chicken livers, I do not think that I would like them. Nonetheless, I found your post fascinating. Keep up the good work.
Also, speaking of organ meat, did you see the article in this week’s Time Magazine about new mothers eating their placenta. Perhaps you should look into that and blog on it.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
A trip to KY always brought a stop at Morrisons for a hotdog!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Sounds like a tasty burger & rings!! Beer delivered! WOW!
I’ll skip on the Catfish bait!!
July 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
you picked two of my three favorite things to get at morrison’s. i am more of a fan of parkway’s hot dogs, so i tend to get cheeseburgers. did you know that katie lee joel has a recipe for logan county cheeseburgers in her cookbook, which is just a morrison’s cheeseburger sans wrapper?
October 25th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Yes, and when Sally brings you a pair of hot dogs - you know you are living right in LA (Logan Area).