The Story

Hal Guthrie graduated from Auburn University in 1963. After a couple of years of diversified employment, he opened a drive-in restaurant in Haleyville, Alabama, just 30 miles north of his hometown of Jasper. This was the beginning of Guthrie’s Restaurants. Over the next 18 years, Guthrie’s served a wide variety of food – hamburgers, hamburger steaks, steak sandwiches, fried chicken, barbecue, fish sandwiches, salads and even ice cream all graced the menu at one time or another. Fried shrimp even called Guthrie’s home for a time.

However in 1978, Hal came into his restaurant and announced to his wife, Melissa, and four children that they were going to begin serving chicken fingers. He knew it was necessary to have the best sauce available to accompany his unique chicken finger breading blend, and began his search for the most delicious chicken finger sauce he could find. Little did he know that he’d find that sauce in his own kitchen, concocted by one of his children.