The chicken house is also listed in the national dining guide, where the locals eat, as well as many other kansas restaurant guides. locally, our customers have honored us with many kind words and by naming us their favorite chicken restaurant for 14 consecutive years in the best of the flint hills survey of area dinners. The chicken house is asecond generation family restaurant restaurant in the small town of olpe, kansas. it is the kind of place where diners converse across the dining room, most of the men wear hats, and the french fries were once called freedom fries.. Family owned and operated for 60 years, the olpe chicken house is more than just a staple in their community. they are a tradition..