The Chicken/Noodle Dinner showcases handmade noodles mingling with chicken, all served over homemade mashed potatoes – a carbohydrate celebration that somehow makes perfect sense in the heartland.

For the more adventurous eaters, J.D.’s offers Chicken Liver Dinner and Gizzard Dinner – those often-overlooked parts of the bird that, when prepared with skill and respect as they are here, reveal ...