Some recent press coverage:

• Virginia Living magazine, January 2010: Storybook Charm..."Lexington’s Red Hen is a cozy and elegant restaurant where chef Tucker Yoder is committed to innovative yet approachable food."

• The Wall Street Journal, October 29th, 2009, Off the Beaten Track. "For dinner, squeeze into the year-old Red Hen (11 E. Washington St.), where chef Tucker Yoder's menu revolves around seasonal ingredients from farms in the surrounding Shenandoah Valley."

• Lexington is one of the Top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America, and the Red Hen one reason why. Budget Travel magazine thinks Lexington is great and quotes Tucker in this nice writeup in the current issue: http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090402162.html

• A great review from the Roanoke Times that begins, "Once in a while, a restaurant comes along where extraordinary preparation of locally produced food is the focus, and suddenly it becomes a favorite destination; its name is on everyone's lips." http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/eat/wb/207924

• Review by the Staunton News Leader: "The Red Hen offers a chance to experience locally grown and harvested foods in a relaxed atmosphere with elegant overtones...Imagination and raw talent showcase the area's best foods in a way that makes The Red Hen a special dining destination." http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905170317

• from the New York Post, a travel piece about eating one's way from Charlottesville down through the Shenandoah Valley. Lexington, he writes, "sparkles and is an essential stop, particularly for lunch or dinner at The Red Hen, a bite-sized restaurant that's just one of many along the way that's hip to the whole farm-to-table ethic. Come to think of it, you can eat better along this route than just about any US road trip that doesn't go through major cities or, say, the Napa Valley." http://www.nypost.com/seven/03032009/entertainment/travel/nice_curves__157696.htm?page=0

• from the Roanoke Times, a story about Tucker, Janelle, Mikey, Coleen, Stephanie, and Gabriel innoculating white oak logs for Shiitake mushrooms. http://www.roanoke.com/wb/xp-194982