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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in KCUR. Updated June 2026.
Stroud's Oak Ridge Manor · North KC
KCUR's #1 pan-fried pick. James Beard America's Classic (1998) for cast-iron-skillet fried chicken since Prohibition, housed in an expanded 1829 log cabin.
District Biskuits · North KC
KCUR pick. The 'Howlin' Hot Mac' Nashville hot chicken with bacon jam on a buttermilk biscuit; home to the Howlin' Fowls hot-chicken concept.
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken · KCK — Rosedale
KCUR pick. Memphis-rooted hot & spicy fried chicken, hand-breaded in-house with all the classic fixings.