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    Best Fried Chicken

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    Creative Loafing has been presenting Atlanta’s Best People, Places and Events since 1972. These are some of the past winners for this category:

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Gus’s Fried Chicken

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Alluvia restaurant

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Hattie B’s Hot Chicken

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2017
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2017 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Matthews Cafeteria

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2016
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Busy Bee Cafe (Where to Eat Recommendation)
    Crunch through the salty, crackly crust of BUSY BEE CAFÉ’s famous fried chicken to reveal a trove of juicy meat thanks to the restaurant’s top-secret brining process. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2016
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » Oral Pleasures » Reader’s Pick
    South City Kitchen Buckhead
    And other metro Atlanta locations.

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    The Colonnade (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    The Colonnade (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2014
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2014 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2013
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2013 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    The Colonnade (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2012
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2012 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2011
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2011 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)
    Currently in the process of relocating to a new location.

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2010
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Runner-up: Colonnade Restaurant


    1879 Cheshire Bridge Road, 404-874-5642, www.colonnadeatl.com

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Runner-up
    South City Kitchen
    1144 Crescent Ave., 404-873-7358
    1675 Cumberland Parkway, Smyrna, 770-435-0700
    www.southcitykitchen.com

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2008
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2008
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Busy Bee Cafe (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2006
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2005
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Consumer Culture » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2005
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)
    We might as well retire this category — at least until WATERSHED stops offering its Tuesday night fried chicken special (which we pray won’t be anytime soon). Who else will ever possibly win? Executive chef Scott Peacock’s signature dish is a masterwork of Southern traditionmore...
    We might as well retire this category — at least until WATERSHED stops offering its Tuesday night fried chicken special (which we pray won’t be anytime soon). Who else will ever possibly win? Executive chef Scott Peacock’s signature dish is a masterwork of Southern tradition developed with his mentor, Edna Lewis. The bird is brined, soaked in buttermilk and then fried in lard that has been flavored with bacon. With mashed taters, garlicky green beans and biscuits with honey, it’s Dixie on a plate, y’all. Just remember to show up by 8 p.m. before they run out. less...

    Best Fried Chicken BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2005
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Watershed on Peachtree (Permanently Closed)
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