When I asked around about places to eat in Vineland, one name that came up time and time again was “Joe’s Poultry on Delsea Dr.” While it has been around in various incarnations for many years, I had never had the pleasure of eating there when I lived here over a decade ago. I decided that needed to change. 
As the name implies, Joe’s specializes in one thing – chicken. Rotisserie BBQ chicken, specifically. Each morning they are loaded into a rotisserie case, and are ready when the lunch rush hits. When the chickens are gone for the day, they’re gone. So it helps to get there early. The price depends on the size of chicken; the small one I got cost $6.25. And it was the best chicken I’ve had in a very long time. Great flavor on the skin, and the chicken below was so tender and juicy, it was unreal.
In addition to chicken, they offer a multitude of sides, such as potato salad, macaroni and cheese, even ambrosia. I decided on a smaller side of potato salad, described as some who recommended Joe’s to me as “kickin’”. I have to agree – it’s good stuff. I abhor sweet potato salad, so this non-sweet version, redolent with crunchy carrots and other good stuff, hit the spot.
Because I like to snack on high-protein snacks at night, I also picked up a container of their chicken salad – simple but very tasty, because there’s not much to take away from the great flavor of the chicken.
This one is definitely a winner – in and out in less than 5 minutes, and I had great food that lasted me a few meals!
If you’d like to go: Joe’s Poultry Farm, 440 S. Delsea Dr., Vineland; 856.692.8860 – call for hours
THE DOLL’S HOUSE EVERGREEN WOMAN PARLAYS 500-BARBIE COLLECTION INTO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) July 4, 1996 | Basquez, Anna Maria Byline: Anna Maria Basquez Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer EVERGREEN — One of the top three Barbie dealers in the world runs her business just 30 miles outside of Denver.
Kitty Stuart operates Kitty’s Collectables from her 3,000-square-foot mountain home and brings in $1 million a year. here dress long black
It is the latest in a series of roles for the 44-year-old businesswoman, who has been a Hollywood actress, a rock singer, a motivational speaker and wife of one of the world’s richest men.
And now she’s embarking on her most ambitious undertaking – building the world’s first Barbie museum, possibly in Denver – to house her 500-doll collection. She hopes to break ground within two years.
“To me, collecting is about sharing, and it’s a shame to have such a fabulous collection and not be able to do that,” said Stuart.
Stuart’s affection for Barbie dates to childhood. She was 7 when she bought her first Barbie for $3.50. (She still has it, by the way, and it’s valued at $7,500.) “Barbie is always resurfacing thoughout our lives,” she said. “She’s kind of like a wonderful relative who has always been there.” Stuarts’ collection, valued at several thousand dollars, includes 760 outfits and every Barbie house from 1959 to 1972. The most highly prized is her 1959 blond pony-tail vintage doll, appraised at $10,000. She owns a Barbie Sears mink coat worth $1,000.
Her favorite outfit is the “Solo in the Spotlight.” Barbie, holding a microphone, is a nightclub singer dressed in a black, sparkling dress, long black gloves and a pink scarf.
“When I was little, I always wanted it, but we just couldn’t afford the $5 for it,” Stuart said. “When I started my collection, it’s the first thing I got.” Stuart hosts about a dozen collectors’ shows each year across the country. Last year, the Denver show drew 2,000 to 3,000 casual and serious collectors who came to browse, buy and get free appraisals. Most of the requests Stuart gets are for the “bubble-cut” Barbie dolls, and for some of the 900 outfits made in Barbie’s first few years, she said.
“Vintage definitely has, in the last three years . . . gone through the ceiling,” she said.
Stuart’s house features a balcony overlooking acres of Colorado aspens, pines and poplars. Eight cats and a dog add warmth to the large, elaborately secured house.
Despite the idyllic setting, Stuart sometimes misses Los Angeles, where she once lived. “I miss the craziness,” she said. “There are a lot of fun, creative people in California.” Stuart said she was an actress from the age of 18 until 27. She appeared regularly on the show, Room 222. Until she was 33, she sang in a new wave rock band called “Kitty Kitty.” Stuart’s 24-year-old daughter, Amy Helt, is a country singer in Nashville, Tenn.
Stuart was married to one of the wealthiest men in the world, Dwight Stuart, president of Carnation Co.
Eight years ago, after they divorced, Stuart began collecting seriously. She has traveled to every major region of the country and parts of Europe for Barbie shows.
Dan Miller, co-publisher of Miller’s Price Guide magazine for Barbie collectors, has worked with Stuart for several years. “Kitty is quite a person,” Miller said. She’s flamboyant, outgoing and “is probably one of the three biggest dealers in the world.” The stereotype of Barbie as a sex object irritates Stuart.
“I don’t think that children get their self-esteem from their toys,” she said. “I think they get it from their families.” Barbie has always been a good role model, Stuart said; over the years, Barbie has been a nurse, astronaut, candy striper, doctor and a presidential candidate.
Stuart credits the doll’s creator, originally from Denver.
“Ruth Handler, who created the Barbie, created her as a canvas for the little girl to project onto the doll what she wanted to,” Stuart said. “Barbie can be anything a little girl wants her to be.
INFOBOX (1) IF YOU GO:
“Barbie Madness” Mega Shows, presented by Blue Ribbon Productions and Kitty’s Collectables, will be at the Denver Marriott Southeast at 6363 E. Hampden Ave., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 4. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children under the 12. For information, call 303-758-7000 closer to show date. this web site dress long black
INFOBOX (2) BARBIE’S VITAL STATISTICS * Barbie’s last name is Roberts.
* Barbie has a degree from from State College.
* The Barbie Fan Club has 600,000 members worldwide.
* The most popular Barbie outfits are wedding gowns, even though Barbie never married Ken or set a date for it.
* Mattel is the world’s largest manufacturer of women’s clothing, producing 20 million Barbie outfits per year.
* Every second, two Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.
* A typical American girl aged 3-11 owns an average of eight Barbie dolls; in Italy, it’s seven, and in France and Germany, five.
* Barbie is sold in more than 140 countries.
* Totally Hair Barbie, unveiled in 1992, has been the best-selling Barbie doll.
* Nearly 1 billion Barbie dolls have been sold sice 1959. Lined up head-to-toe, Barbies sold could circle the earth more than seven times.
Sources: Mattel, Inc., and Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader CAPTION(S):
Color Photo Kitty Stuart, one of the world’s three top Barbi doll dealers, shows off several members of her doll family. By Brian Gadbery / Special to the Rocky Mountain News.
CAPTION: Barbie dolls mirror their times, according to collector Kitty Stuart. Clothing for these dolls was created by a Hollywood designer. By Brian Gadbery / Special to the Rocky Mountain News.
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