Like The Weeknd, the fried chicken sandwich is currently having a moment, and also like The Weeknd, hot chicken makes it hard to feel your face.
The logic of that joke is most certainly off, but what does it matter when we have the best fried chicken sandwiches in the country to talk about?
Below we chose our favorite Korean, hot, Southern fried, and just plain delicious sandwiches from Seattle to NYC.
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Acme Feed & Seed, Tennessee
Nashville basically popularized hot chicken — with the help of spots like Hattie B’s — so if you want to call the bird on your menu "Nashville hot chicken," you have to bring it. And Acme does just that. The chicken is hot-but-won’t-burn-your-mouth-off, and is blanketed by two slices of buttered, grilled white bread, and topped with green peppercorn aioli, American cheese, and pickles. It’s no surprise that Acme is also one of our favorite hot chicken spots in Music City, one of America's best new restaurants in 2014, and the only restaurant in town where you can also order killer sushi, craft cocktails, and falafel.
Fred's Meat & Bread, Georgia
Newbie Fred's is a “burger and sandwich counter" inside ATL’s Krog Street Market that just opened its metaphorical doors (counters can’t have doors, silly!) last November. The joint gives Springer Mountain Farms chicken a super-crunchy traditional Korean fry before topping it with an aioli and spicy mayo, spicy marinated cucumber, and fresh kimchi. Then it slaps all those ingredients on house-made pain de mie. And even with all that spice, Fred's claims the sandwich is only a six out of 10 on the heat scale. Pair it with some of Atlanta’s best fries, and you’ve got one solid meal.
Marlowe, California
Sadly not the first in a chain of The Wire-themed restaurants David Simon is opening up across America (I will be first in line at McNulty's), Marlowe is simply one of the best restaurants in SF. And at lunch and brunch, you can order a delicious chicken sandwich with dark meat that’s been breaded with buttermilk biscuit mix, garnished with arugula and baby head lettuce that’s dressed in a Caesar vinaigrette, and topped with crispy bacon. Not often does a sandwich combine elements of a Caesar salad, biscuits, and fried chicken. Can you see why it's served at brunch, too?
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