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Route 11 Potato Chips
Mount Jackson, VA
A Shenandoah Valley chip factory where the retail room looks through large windows onto most of the potato-to-chip process and visitors can sample the current flavors.
Route 11’s Mount Jackson factory pairs chip retail and samples with free window viewing of most production steps when the line is running.
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Why it belongs
Potato-chip factory, retail counter, flavor sampling and free through-the-window production viewing.
Visitors buy and sample the finished chips in the same building where large windows reveal most of the active production line.
Route 11 Potato Chips welcomes visitors to its Mount Jackson factory retail area, where chips can be sampled and purchased. Large interior windows look onto every production stage except potato peeling, so the experience is factory viewing rather than a walk-through tour. Frying schedules vary; the company asks visitors making a special trip to call first and confirm that chips will be cooking. The public viewing area is free, normal visits require no reservation, and groups of 15 or more should call ahead. The factory prohibits visitor photography in the production area.
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What you will find
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Known for
- Shenandoah Valley potato chips
- Factory retail
- Chip samples
- Production-viewing windows
- Small-batch cooking
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