Story Inn

Trip To Madison, IN
My wife and I took a motorcycle trip to Madison, IN in early June. This blog post is part of a series which presents each step of our journey. If you missed the beginning, the story starts here.

We left Gatesville and travelled south until we picked up IN-46.  We jogged east on IN-46 to IN-135, which we took south to Story, IN and the fabled Story Inn. 

Story Inn in Story, IN is a charming anachronistic place in the middle of nowhere. It wouldn't be in business were it not for the day trippers making a trek through and around Brown County State Park. The fact that it's situated on IN-135, one of the area's best motorcycle roads, doesn't hurt.

We stopped for lunch.


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We snapped a few photos of the Inn, including an antique gasoline pump on the front porch.

Here's a shot of the front of the Inn.

We've eaten there before and not been disappointed, but this time around we felt a little underwhelmed. Story Inn seemed long on image, and short on substance.

I ordered the BBQ pulled pork, and Mrs.Rat ordered the artichoke burger. Both of us got fries and a soda with our entree.

The BBQ pork was gristly and greasy ... Something I didn't even know was possible for pulled pork.

The artichoke burger was a fried patty made of artichoke dip. "Barely edible" was how Mrs. Rat described it.

The fries certainly looked great. Hand cut, with real bits of potato peel stuck on either end of the thick cut fry. The way they're supposed to look. However, they were slimy and cool on our plates.

After this meal, we considered taking Story Inn off our list of favorite eateries in Indiana.

We grabbed another photo of the front of the Inn, this time with our bikes in view.

We saddled up and rode south from Story on IN-135.