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A Love Letter to Family Style

Thank you for not judging me that one time I used an entire bottle of white sauce.

MiKayla LeAnn Carter
Jan 23, 2017
University of Kentucky
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If you live or grew up in Barren County, KY, 10/10 you have probably heard of a little piece of Heaven called Family Style. If not, I'm utterly sorry, and I encourage you to drop what you're doing and go try it. For those of you who haven't heard of it, those from Barren County or elsewhere, it's this tiny little Chinese/Japanese/regular American food restaurant situated right beside the EZ Tan and right across from the Salvation Army in Glasgow. When one first beholds Family Style, it may not seem like much, but don't let looks fool you. Without further ado, here is a love letter to the gem of a restaurant known as Family Style.

Dear Family Style,

I love you.

I love you for your always-open tables. I love you for your quick service. I love you for your televisions that are always either playing the home improvement channel, ball games, or country music videos. I love your chicken lo mein and your chicken strips and your hibachi chicken and your sesame chicken. I love how there is always a change to you every time I visit, whether it be a new painting on the wall or new leather booths. Above all, I love you for your white sauce.

Thank you.

Thank you for being one of the cheapest sit-down places to eat out at in Glasgow. Thank you for not hating me and my friends if we ever get a little loud. Thank you for putting up with our entire Drama Club when we came and ate before our first big performance of the weekend. Thank you for remembering my friends' and my faces and memorizing most of our orders. Thank you for having such an extensive menu of awesome choices so I can get some variety in my diet when I come there four out of the seven days in a week. Thank you for not judging me when I come and eat there four out of the seven days of the week.

Going away to college, it can be a tough break to let go of all of your old friends and part with your home and family for a while, but some of the worst things to part with are those little things that really make your home your home. Thank you, Family Style, for being a little piece of that home.

Sincerely,

A Family Style Addict

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