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Fried Chicken in Atlanta
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Top 5 Fried Chicken in Atlanta
Atlanta's fried-chicken picks — cross-referenced from The Infatuation Atlanta and Atlanta Magazine's top-ten.
- #1
The Busy Bee
West End
“Open since 1947 — Atlanta Magazine's #1 and a perennial Infatuation pick. The segregation-era Black-owned institution whose yardbird defines the Atlanta style.”
- #2
Mothers Best Fried Chicken
Decatur
“The Infatuation's top Atlanta fried chicken — a Decatur counter whose bird snaps through the skin into juicy meat.”
- #3
Hop's Chicken
Old Fourth Ward
“The Infatuation calls Ponce City Market's Hop's 'the prototypical example of what good fried chicken should be' — snappy, well-seasoned skin over juicy meat.”
- #4
The Colonnade
Morningside
“Old-school Cheshire Bridge supper club — named by both The Infatuation and Atlanta Magazine as one of the city's definitive fried-chicken plates.”
- #5
The General Muir
Emory Point
“NYC-deli-style restaurant whose fried chicken landed on both Atlanta Magazine's top ten and The Infatuation's best-of list.”