Route 11 Chip Factory

We’re starting to move a little faster on our way to Maine.  We stopped for 2 nights in Virginia.

I found the Route 11 Chip Factory close-by in Mount Jackson, Virginia and Mark found a disc golf course to play in that area.

Their website says that there are big windows that allow you to see the entire process of making chips, with the exception of the peeling of the potatoes.  Looking through large windows is pretty typical of food factory tours.  Their website didn’t mention if pictures could be taken.

After a fun 21 holes of disc golf.  We headed to the factory.

The front entrance is very plain.

The door says they are cooking today and to come on in.

There is a large lobby/retail shop area that was is almost empty.

The website was right - there are big windows to see through.  The problem was, all the action was far from the windows and hard to see.

Every window had a sign stating no photos allowed.

The cashier walked us over to one of the windows explained the process to us.  The peeling of the potatoes is behind closed doors.  She explained the reason we couldn’t see the peeling process is because it’s messy.  She was very nice and had all the pertinent information about the process.

There were eleven flavor samples available.  We were surprised that we liked the dill pickle flavor.  We bought a few bags of the flavors we liked.

Unfortunately, I didn’t find this tour souvenir magnet worthy.  It was just too hard to see the actual chip making process.