We’ve hinted before that Urbanspoon has a flaw or two in it – just hop back two chapters – but that shouldn’t release restaurant owners from the responsibility of taking advantage of the darn thing. Take Jerk Kitchen for example. This is a pretty darn good Jamaican restaurant that’s just down the road from us, and it’s been there for almost a year without us knowing anything about it. The owners, a husband and wife from Kingston, working with a chef from Montego, chose what looks like a murderously tough space on the far end of a strip mall, sort of in the elbow between a Wal-Mart and one of those Chinese super buffet places. We never even look in the direction of either of those businesses, and had no idea this place was here. We only found it one Friday evening when, unsure what to eat, we started paging through the “recently added” restaurant list in Urbanspoon and found it listed, about ten months late. Continue reading “Jerk Kitchen, Marietta GA (CLOSED)”
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Photo Post 4: The Big Chicken, Marietta GA
Shortly after starting the blog, I thought that I might write a chapter about the Big Chicken, a spectacular landmark in Cobb County, and an awesome example of 1960s novelty architecture. Then I realized that, under the guidelines that I created for the blog, this would require me actually having a meal at the KFC underneath the thing. Even when KFC introduced a media-friendly, and controversial sandwich that did away with the bun in favor of two big chicken patties, surely an angle around which I could write a story, I just couldn’t countenance going here for food. But as this is our darn blog and we can do with it as we will, I decided that there’s no reason why I should not share photos of it for our friends and readers outside the area who have never seen the great big beautiful thing. Continue reading “Photo Post 4: The Big Chicken, Marietta GA”
Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken, Chattanooga TN
In May, I wrote about our lip-biting personal disappointment of a trip to Gus’s Fried Chicken in Memphis. For those who don’t recall that chapter or don’t feel like clicking the link, it was a disappointment because I skipped out on the really, really good food to play “see, yer old man’s not so bad” with my oft-times exasperating teenage daughter and just ordered what she did: tenders. And those were mighty good tenders, but not a patch on the glorious dark meat that Marie shared. Continue reading “Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken, Chattanooga TN”
Curly’s Fried Chicken, Atlanta GA (CLOSED)
So, let’s get the obligatory mention of LeRoy’s out of the way. I liked LeRoy’s. It was pretty good, but pretty expensive, and it didn’t last long, and it closed and a family rented out the property and put their own recipes in the fry vats. Curly’s Chicken is even better than LeRoy’s and less expensive. Continue reading “Curly’s Fried Chicken, Atlanta GA (CLOSED)”
Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, Memphis TN
It takes about nine hours to get to Memphis from Atlanta if you take a leisurely detour in Oxford along with three or four baby relaxation stops. Eventually, we found our hotel, which was nowhere near anyplace we wanted to be, or where Marie’s sister lives. The Memphis in May shindig, which seems to be embraced by at least half the locals, encompasses four weekends of festivals, food and fun. The first weekend of the month is the Beale Street Music Festival, which, unlike some that we enjoy like AthFest or Bele Chere, charges a heady admission price, thus keeping us away from the center of Memphis tourism, and also banishing us to the first reasonably-priced hotel in the area, just outside the I-240 perimeter on the road to Nashville. Continue reading “Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, Memphis TN”
Pepperfire Spiced Chicken, Nashville TN
Nashville is the world’s home of hot fried chicken, and, as we learned from our visit last time to the legendary Prince’s, the city is not kidding at all when they say “hot.” No, sir. However the spice mix is made and however it’s applied to the bird, places like Prince’s or Bolton’s are fully prepared to knock the swagger out of anybody’s walk. But these wouldn’t be worthwhile if all you were getting was a mouth full of lava; there has to be some amazing chicken underneath it. Continue reading “Pepperfire Spiced Chicken, Nashville TN”
Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack and Pied Piper Creamery, Nashville TN
I was told two things before going to Prince’s: that the wait would be long and that the chicken would be unbelievably hot. You know that Daffy Duck cartoon where the genie warns him very sternly that he’s going to suffer dearly for his insolence, and Daffy just dismisses him with a “Consequences, shmonsequences” and learns the genie was not kidding? I felt a bit like that. Continue reading “Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack and Pied Piper Creamery, Nashville TN”
Marie, Let's Eat! 