# Fried chicken joints, faves and why

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken-joints-faves-and-why/469850>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken-joints-faves-and-why/469850 "2008-10-27T21:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken-joints-faves-and-why/469850/41 "2008-10-29T15:01:08Z")

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> [@Krokodil](#):
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> You must be neighbors with my sister in Arlington; she is walking distance from both of these places!

Lived in Westover from '93 to '99.

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> I prefer Pollo Rico (also in Arlington, about midway between the Clarendon and Virginia Square metros)

Yeah, but that’s rotisserie. 🙂 I’ve also lived within walking distance of their original location on Washington Blvd.

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> the best Peruvian chicken I have ever had, and Pollo Campero, an international (Guatemala-based) chain with three DC-area locales. I’m a regular at the Bailey’s Crossroads one.

We’ve been there. We don’t have a vehicle anymore and not worth the hassle of taking the bus there, IMO.

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken-joints-faves-and-why/469850/42 "2008-10-29T15:14:35Z")

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In Athens, GA:

[Wilson’s Soul Food](http://onlineathens.com/stories/040506/living_20060405023.shtml), next to Wilson’s Hair

[Peaches](http://www.peachesfinefoods.com/) with no “z”.

[Weaver D’s](http://www.dixiedining.com/feature/feature_042002.htm) of REM’s _Automatic for the People_  
In Atlanta, GA:

[Carver’s Grocery](http://www.carverscountrycooking.com/). How do you not love the stack of tomatoes on the cake stand?

[Son’s Place](http://www.sonsplacerestaurant.com/), made famous in _Southern Belly_, by John T. Edge.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken-joints-faves-and-why/469850/43 "2008-10-29T21:45:43Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Lived in Westover from '93 to '99.Yeah, but that’s rotisserie. 🙂 We’ve been there. We don’t have a vehicle anymore and not worth the hassle of taking the bus there, IMO.

Well, there’s a Pollo Campero at the Columbia Heights Metro…

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