Mrs Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant

Orange County


The restaurant that launched a theme park. Classic, button-busting fried chicken and mashed potato dinners are served in this restaurant from 1934, newly remodeled in country style with distressed white wooden furniture.

Validated parking for three hours.


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