Mule Barn, Black Sheep, Da Nite

We took advantage of a kid free day to go to a new place that's been on our radar for a while, the Mule Barn in DuBois.  The place is an older building that has seen it's better days but still functional with a mule statue outside,  Fried chicken was the special and it came with mashed potatoes and corn or green beans.  I tried to change sides but couldn't find them listed so we both went with corn,
The food arrived too fast to be freshly fried chicken but the chicken was really good.  The sides could have been hotter but was okay, what can you say about corn and mashed potatoes.  The gravy was really good, once again I wish it would have been hotter.  Interesting place that we'll go to again before long.   Of course Lisa had to get on the mule and have her picture taken.
On the way up Lisa had seen a sign for Black Sheep saloon in Tamoroa so we stopped in there.  They didn't have food until four on Wednesdays but earlier the rest of the week.  They have pizza all the time.  I asked if it was frozen pizza but it is handmade.  
We tried to find a place in DuQuoin but never saw it so we came on back to Murphysboro and stopped at the Da Nite where we ran into Ozzie, Jodie and Clint.  We had a couple there and ordered pizza to go.  The pizza was good but not as good as having it at IV"s.