Here’s a best list I can get my beak around.
Thrillist.com, the arbiter of all things “best” in Denver’s food world, has assembled a coop of 13 local eateries serving the best fried chicken, in the opinion of the Thrillist hipsters.
And although fried chicken heads up my last meal wish list, I can’t say I have found a place yet that makes me want to scratch my way back over and over again. Lou’s FoodBar, mentioned first on the Thrillist list comes closest, but I am willing to try out the rest of the top chick picks to find a fave.
Here’s what Thrillist said, “If good fried chicken were as easy to come by as it is to describe, there’d be a lot fewer vegetarians in the world. When it’s crunchy and well-seasoned on the outside yet tender and juicy on the inside, resistance is futile. But far too often, the skin is doughy or dripping grease or peeling off like a nasty scab while the meat is half-raw or dry and stringy. Then no one eats it, and everyone’s depressed that a bird had to die for nothing, and the herbivores win.
Fortunately, 13 places help preserve the integrity of the food chain by serving the best damn fried chicken in and around Denver.
The list: Lou’s FoodBar, Sunnyside; Welton Street Cafe, Five Points; CoraFaye’s Cafe, Park Hill; African Grill & Bar, Green Valley Ranch; The Asian Cajun, Southwest Denver; Funny Plus, Aurora; Jamaican Grill, Santa Fe Art District; Kirk’s Soul Kitchen, Aurora; Jus Cookin’s Restaurant, Lakewood; Jezebel’s Southern Bistro & Bar, LoHi; The BSide, Uptown; Block & Larder, Berkeley; The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette. And assorted special mentions.
Check out the whole story at www.thrillist.com/eat/denver/the-best-fried-chicken-in-denver.
Fried chicken at Lou’s Food Bar on 38th Avenue.
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