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Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:37 am
by Turdacious
Sardi's-- DC area peruvian place, usually in downscale neighborhoods (but not bad ones). Huge portions, great chicken, good sides, always tends to have long lines that go quickly. Cheap, with good family takeout deals.
Nando's-- S African chicken place. A bit upscale. Very good chicken, great sides, surprisingly good beer selection.
Cluck U-- East coast chain. Good wings, lots of sauce choices, primarily a take out place. Just ok.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:42 am
by milosz
Chik-Fil-A - fuck the gays, this shit is delicious
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:48 am
by nafod
If passing near Nashville or Memphis...or I guess even Little Rock, Arkansas. Really good chicken.
http://gusfriedchicken.com/
Damn, there's one in Austin, TX too.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:17 am
by Turdacious
Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, because Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:08 am
by vern
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:41 pm
by Pinky
Turdacious wrote:Sardi's-- DC area peruvian place, usually in downscale neighborhoods (but not bad ones). Huge portions, great chicken, good sides, always tends to have long lines that go quickly. Cheap, with good family takeout deals.
Nando's-- S African chicken place. A bit upscale. Very good chicken, great sides, surprisingly good beer selection.
Cluck U-- East coast chain. Good wings, lots of sauce choices, primarily a take out place. Just ok.
Try Bon Chon Chicken if you haven't.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:07 pm
by Dirt McGirt
Another vote for Bon Chon.
That's the place with, like, rock candy on the wings, right?
My brother literally takes trips to try the highest-rated wing places, and when I was stationed in DC he put that little hole-in-the-wall in his top 5.
Probably just as much for novelty as anything else.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:41 pm
by T200
milosz wrote:Chik-Fil-A - fuck the gays, this shit is delicious
Regardless of your hate for the GAYS Chick-Fil-A is shit food in serving sizes fit for 12 year old girls. Fuck them.
AZ is balls for chicken. Lolo's Chicken and Waffles is the only notable such restaurant that occurs to me. And I'd give it a 6/10.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:18 pm
by Herv100
Damn near every fast-ish food restaurant besides Chinese food has pussy serving sizes.
I order 2-3 Chik Fil A spicy chicken sandwiches and add Chick Fil A sauce. Fantastic and like 100 grams of protein
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:53 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
Thomas Keller's fried chicken recipe is insane. Highly recommend.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/membe ... N-50000340
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:50 pm
by Bud Charniga's grape ape
Turdacious wrote:Sardi's-- DC area peruvian place, usually in downscale neighborhoods (but not bad ones). Huge portions, great chicken, good sides, always tends to have long lines that go quickly. Cheap, with good family takeout deals.
Nando's-- S African chicken place. A bit upscale. Very good chicken, great sides, surprisingly good beer selection.
Cluck U-- East coast chain. Good wings, lots of sauce choices, primarily a take out place. Just ok.
If you're in the DC area, and you ever find yourself on the VA side of the river, check out
El Pollo Rico in Arlington. There's not a lot that I miss in Arlington (DC yes, Arlington specifically not so much). This is one of those things.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:06 am
by WildGorillaMan
The best wings I've ever had, anywhere, ever (and I DO NOT hand out that accolade lightly!)) are at a place in Bonnyville Alberta that doesn't even have a website:
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/72/1612668/ ... Bonnyville
They are heartbreakingly delicious. You can't imagine.
The downside: you're in Bonnyville.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:49 am
by Herv100
nafod wrote:If passing near Nashville or Memphis...or I guess even Little Rock, Arkansas. Really good chicken.
http://gusfriedchicken.com/
Damn, there's one in Austin, TX too.
Yes, the Memphis one is great
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:56 pm
by seeahill
West Coast, Pollo Loco.
Not bad. Fire grilled marinated Mexican style chicken.
I think it was the chain that inspired Pollos Hermanos (in Breaking Bad).
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:28 am
by Dunn
WildGorillaMan wrote:The best wings I've ever had, anywhere, ever (and I DO NOT hand out that accolade lightly!)) are at a place in Bonnyville Alberta that doesn't even have a website:
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/72/1612668/ ... Bonnyville
They are heartbreakingly delicious. You can't imagine.
The downside: you're in
Canada.
Fixed.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:30 am
by Dunn
Chicken....
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/118/882382/ ... g-Columbus
Best damn grilled half bird you can buy. I swear they are injecting these fuckers with Sustanon before butchering. They are right across from my fire station and we eat there a lot. Also, their ribs are good enough you would slap a well to do white call girl for them.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:07 am
by The Ginger Beard Man
I've had Bon Chon, and it was pretty good. But as with everything else, you people need to come to New York for the good stuff.
http://blueribbonfriedchicken.com/
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:16 pm
by T200
seeahill wrote:West Coast, Pollo Loco.
Not bad. Fire grilled marinated Mexican style chicken.
A most accurate review, El Pollo Loco is indeed not bad.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:47 pm
by KingSchmaltzBagelHour
Raisin' Canes has pretty kick ass fingers, crinkle cut fries, good sauce, and TEXAS TOAST.
Always a solid choice as a fast food option.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:53 pm
by Alfred_E._Neuman
There's a little hole in the wall joint in Decatur her in Atlanta that has the best chicken I've ever eaten. They're from Peru and do some Peruvian style of rotisserie roasted bird that will make you forget about fried yardbird forever.
Las Brasas
http://www.lasbrasasdecatur.com/
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:53 pm
by The Ginger Beard Man
Actually the best chicken ever is the roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken at Smith&Wollensky in NYC. You get the whole damn bird. Juiciest chicken I've ever had with perfectly crisp skin.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:43 am
by Dunn
Alfred_E._Neuman wrote:There's a little hole in the wall joint in Decatur her in Atlanta that has the best chicken I've ever eaten. They're from Peru and do some Peruvian style of rotisserie roasted bird that will make you forget about fried yardbird forever.
Las Brasas
http://www.lasbrasasdecatur.com/
It's a date.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:12 am
by Turdacious
Bud Charniga's gaping asshole wrote:Turdacious wrote:Sardi's-- DC area peruvian place, usually in downscale neighborhoods (but not bad ones). Huge portions, great chicken, good sides, always tends to have long lines that go quickly. Cheap, with good family takeout deals.
Nando's-- S African chicken place. A bit upscale. Very good chicken, great sides, surprisingly good beer selection.
Cluck U-- East coast chain. Good wings, lots of sauce choices, primarily a take out place. Just ok.
If you're in the DC area, and you ever find yourself on the VA side of the river, check out
El Pollo Rico in Arlington. There's not a lot that I miss in Arlington (DC yes, Arlington specifically not so much). This is one of those things.
Arlington is not great for food-- except for a few hole in the wall exceptions. El Pollo Rico is good, but it's no Sardi's. IMO, it's worth the drive to Capital Heights over Pollo Rico-- the yucca fries and plantains are that good. JMO.
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:45 am
by DARTH
Re: Chicken chains
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:00 pm
by Alfred_E._Neuman
Dunn wrote:Alfred_E._Neuman wrote:There's a little hole in the wall joint in Decatur her in Atlanta that has the best chicken I've ever eaten. They're from Peru and do some Peruvian style of rotisserie roasted bird that will make you forget about fried yardbird forever.
Las Brasas
http://www.lasbrasasdecatur.com/
It's a date.
Let me know next time you're over this way and we'll hit them up. Then cruise over to Brick Store for some beers.