The Best of Ellijay, Blue Ridge & Jasper Funpaper issue 7 | Page 50

Story by Robb
Fried Chicken Eaten By Robb

W

e decided we wanted to do a
story on finding the best
fried chicken in the area. We
thought, “How many places will we
have to check out with great fried
chicken? Maybe five?” Then we
asked our friends on Facebook for
their favorite place to eat fried
chicken and we found out there were
a few more than that. We got lots
of answers. Our thoughts of an "easy five" quickly
turned into "maybe eight" places with great fried
chicken. So we got on it. As we progressed, we
got more suggestions, and we ended up with
TWELVE places that have great fried chicken.
We’re not saying we didn’t miss any. Please let
us know if we did.
Really, the story should have been titled “The
search for the Best Fried Chicken as in a “traditional” meal in a sit-down restaurant that has fried
chicken on the menu all the time excluding fried
chicken tenders, fried chicken breast sandwiches or
nuggets.” That was basically our criteria. The restaurants are shown here in random order and please note I
tried to go when the least amount of people would be
there so as not to freak people out when I took pictures of the place. On our website
www.TheBestOfEBRJ.com search the restaurant’s
name for more pics and info.
We visited each restaurant we'd heard
about... actually it was me most of the time,
Thia was still traumatized from our “Magical
BBQ Tour” for which we ate at every BBQ place
in the three counties in a month. Not that all of it
wasn’t great, it was, but eating it every day?
Sometimes two times a day? Thia said she’ll do
“The Search For The Best Salad Bar”.
So I was basically on my own most of the