A recent daily special at Wanda’s in Rock Spring, Ga., included, clockwise from right, turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce, cottage cheese with peaches, and turnip greens.IF YOU GO* Where: Wanda’s Restaurant, 20 Pin Oak Drive, Rock Spring, Ga.* Phone: 706-764-1633.* Website: www.wandasrestaurant.com.* Hours: 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.* Price range: 75 cents (cheese biscuit)-$24.95 (Saturday Night Special of two plate-sized rib-eye steaks, two baked potatoes, two salads and drink).
Drive through Rock Spring, Ga., on Highway 27, and you can’t help notice all the cars and trucks parked in front of Wanda’s Restaurant.
If you drive past enough times – and keep hearing good things about it, like I did – it’s hard not to be drawn in. Especially if you like log cabins, like I do. Wanda’s is inside a big cabin, with deer heads on the wall and ceiling fans overhead. It’s got a homey feel, and the food – which comes fast and hot – lives up to the “Good Old Country Cooking” billing on the menu.
THE MENU
There are two menus at Wanda’s: They give you the standard menu inside a plastic folder – with a daily menu attached to it. The daily menu is a form that’s filled out in neat handwriting, and the items change, well, daily. They rotate meats, vegetables and homemade desserts.