where's the best? oh, and also on a side note, has Copeland's closed already???
By kevin
on Aug 7, 2007 02:57 PM
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I've always liked the chicken at Amy Ruth's, especially as part of a chicken-and-waffles breakfast plate, but the amazing fried chicken at Miss Mamie's Spoonbread has it beat. That's the Spoonbread version below, with collard greens and the weekends-only cornbread stuffing.
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Amy Ruth's
113 W 116th St, New York, NY 10026
Miss Mamie's Spoonbread Too
366 W 110th St, New York, NY 10025
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it's charlie and then everybody else!
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If by "charlie" you mean Charles Southern Fried Chicken, I've filled up at the buffet a number of times (uptown only, not the newer Lenox location), and his chicken is excellent when it's just been put out; when it's been sitting awhile, it's merely very good. Fortunately you can always load up on other items until a fresh batch of fried chicken appears.
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Charles Southern Style Kitchen
308 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10027
Charles' Country Pan-Fried Chicken
2837 8th Ave, New York, NY 10039
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of course!
eating in is the way to go, but we also get it on occasion to go for lunch at work. so it travels fine too.
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What is so good about Charles Southern Style Kitchen's chicken? I went based on all the recommendations and didn't really care for the chicken. It might have been sitting around awhile which made it lose its crispyness, but I found it somewhat bland. Is real Southern fried chicken supposed to be largely unseasoned?
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I grew up in Connecticut, so I can tell you only that Charles' and Amy Ruth's tend to be blander and Miss Mamie's, spicier, and I like it spicy. Best fried chicken I ever had (and that Mamie's brought to mind) was the salty and peppery version at Praline Connection, in New Orleans, shown below.
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Praline Connection
542 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116
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Good home style fried chicken at Margie's Red Rose on 144th Street and also for wing style at Harlem Wing and Waffle on 7th Avenue.
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I enthusiastically second the Margie's Red Rose Diner recommendation. You have to go on the early side - Margie usually leaves by 7:30 or 8pm - but for breakfast, lunch or early dinner, she's totally consistent and the chicken is always well-seasoned, hot and cooked right.
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