casual founded 1981 in roanoke virginia founder roger smith headquarters roanoke virginia u.s. number of locations 14 stores as of 2012 04 01 products southern cuisine website country cookin country cookin is a virginia based chain of casual dining restaurants featuring southern cuisine with 14 locations throughout virginia mostly in southwest virginia the shenandoah valley and the u.s. 29 corridor . the first restaurant was opened by jon cawley in roanoke virginia in 1981 . 1 for lunch and dinner patrons typically order a meat entree such as a small steak or chicken breast which also includes a choice of a side dish . ordering the entree also entitles the patron to make trips to a buffet which has vegetables a salad bar soups freshly baked bread and desserts . patrons may also dine from the buffet only without ordering a meat entree . most locations also have a breakfast buffet daily . references edit cawley jon october 9 1998 . country cookin founder dead at 58 . the roanoke times . this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title country cookin & oldid 699192974 categories companies based in roanoke virginiaregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants in virginiarestaurants established in 1981united states restaurant stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 january 2016 at 21 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view