Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken

Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken

Over 60 years ago in the small community of Mason, Tennessee, Napoleon “Na” Vanderbilt created something amazing – fried chicken that could unite a community. In an era of divisive racial attitudes the residents of Mason found that they could all – black and white – agree on how much they loved Na’s fried chicken.

As Gus’s continues to grow, we will honor these traditions and serve up some of the world’s best fried chicken. And, before you ask, no, you cannot have the recipe. As Gus once quipped, “This is a dead man’s recipe [and] I ain’t telling.

Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is a full service restaurant serving made to order, hand-battered fried chicken. Not to be confused with Nashville hot chicken; we serve southern spicy fried chicken. We make all our southern sides in-house daily; from shredding fresh cabbage for our coleslaw to cutting potatoes for our potato salad. Most of our sides tend to be on the sweeter side to pair perfectly with our chicken. Enjoy a sweet tea, a really big beer, or a bottle of DOM with your meal. Finish up with one of our simple southern pecan, chess, sweet potato, or chocolate chess pies baked daily. Gus’s is the current reigning champion of the National Fried Chicken Festival, Travel Channel ranked Gus’s as the 12th Tastiest Restaurant in America to Chow Down, and GQ Magazine believes Gus’s is one of the top 10 restaurants in the world worth flying to for a meal.