Category Fried Chicken
Judy’s Restaurant – Fairburn, Ga
One afternoon, heading from Fayette county toward home, I rolled through downtown Fairburn at lunch time. When I saw the name painted on a brick building, with a parking lot full of trucks, I knew where I’d be stopping. Judy’s re- opened in this new location on Campbellton Street in February of 2025, having been […]
Loveless Cafe – Nashville, TN
I have heard about Loveless Cafe for years, but we had never had the chance to dine there. About thirty minutes west of Nashville, we rarely get that far out of downtown, on our trips to the Las Vegas of country music. But, over July 4th weekend, we were there for a few days and […]
Jamal’s Buffalo Wings – Atlanta, GA
This is one of the few restaurants I’ve reviewed where I had to make a second visit, because it looked too “sketchy” to eat there the first time that I visited. On a Saturday night, about dusk, what appeared to be a semi-closed restaurant with a semi-abandoned parking lot was not the best looking choice […]
Mother’s Best – Decatur, GA
The best summary of this place I saw, before heading in was, “it’s the kind of dinner mom used to take us out to, when I was a kid.” And if you’re an adult, of a certain age, who ate out in America j the 70s, you know why it was said. Think back to […]
Roc South – Atlanta, GA
Since my wife moved her women’s group to meeting on Thursday evenings, I’ve been taking that opportunity to try places that might not intrigue her as much as they do me. Soul food restaurants generally fall into that category, as she tries to eat healthy and the places that I usually go for fried chicken […]
Dagu Rice Noodle – Atlanta, GA
So, if you’ve followed the blog for a while, you’ve probably noticed my affinity for Asian food. But I was heading to Dagu Rice Noodle, not for the noodles, but for their fried chicken. In a November, 2023, Eater Atlanta article, they were highlighting great fried chicken in the metro and this was mentioned as”tender […]
Eating Americana – Peachtree Corners, GA
The chicken was excellent, juicy and piping hot, served with mashed potatoes and green beans. The skin was crisp and the seasoning on the chicken was deceptively simple and represents chef James Chien’s love affair with American comfort food. In a great review in Eater Atlanta, Lia Picard’s tells chef’s story, so I’d refer you […]
Dicky Doo’s Diner – Lawrenceville, GA
Like many lunches, today’s journey began with a quick Google search. I put in “barbecue restaurants near me” and perused the results. Forgetting that my company is in Duluth, I found that eight of the first nine entries were Korean barbecue – not exactly what I had in mind. The one that was not, was […]
The Bando – Atlanta, GA
For the last several months, one of my co-workers has asked, “Have you been to the Bando, yet?” And, every time she does, I remember reading about them on a list of “best wings in the ATL” and having to reply, “not yet.” But today was THE day. We had been up in Cumming early […]
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