Mason, Tennessee, is home to Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken’s original restaurant.
Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is associated with a spicy fried-chicken style and traces its restaurant history to Mason, a small city near Memphis. The business later expanded to additional locations in Tennessee and other parts of the United States.
The restaurant’s chicken is known for a crisp coating and noticeable heat. That makes Gus’s part of the broader Southern fried-chicken tradition while giving it a distinct reputation among spicy fried-chicken restaurants.
Mason is sometimes mistaken for Memphis because of the restaurant’s regional association and nearby expansion. The original location, however, is in Mason rather than in Memphis proper.