Welcome to Wagner’s Village Inn
Open 7 Days a Week!
Monday-Saturday 11 AM-8 PM Sunday 11 AM-7 PM
Lunch Specials
Monday-Friday 11 AM-3 PM
Our History
Ralph and Helen Wagner opened Wagner’s Village Inn in 1968. Using the original 14” cast iron skillets, we fry chicken the old-fashioned way, in hog fat. It is our pleasure to provide family-style pan-fried chicken to you the way Indiana families have served it for decades. We hope you enjoy this region’s cooking heritage as much as we enjoy sharing it.
“The elements of the fried chicken at Wagner's are as unpretentious as the wood-paneled dining room: chicken, salt, pepper, flour, lard. There is no recipe, but, as in other southeastern Indiana kitchens, the cooks are heavy-handed with the coarse-ground pepper, adding so much that the chicken could almost be called au poivre. The gentle heat of the pepper pairs well with the farmhouse fixings that make up a family-style dinner: coleslaw, green beans, and mashed potatoes with gravy."
— James Beard Foundation