Frank's Famous Chicken & Waffles
400 Washington St SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
400 Washington St SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
- MonClosed
- Tue11 AM – 8 PM
- Wed11 AM – 8 PM
- Thu11 AM – 8 PM
- Fri11 AM – 8 PM
- Sat · Today11 AM – 8 PM
- Sun11 AM – 8 PM
- Soul Food
A Southeast Albuquerque soul-food kitchen that Gil's Thrilling Blog and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives have both featured for its fried chicken and waffles. The menu also runs catfish, collard greens, and Nashville-hot wings, and it took a 2015 Albuquerque The Magazine Hot Plate Award. Order the chicken and waffles, add a side of collard greens, and try the hot wings if you want some heat.
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- Fried Chicken
Frank's Famous Chicken & Waffles on Washington Street SE comes from Frank Willis, a former UNM Lobos basketball player who chased the Los Angeles soul food he missed. Gil Garduno rated it Excellent and wrote you will not find better chicken in Albuquerque, recommending the eight chicken tenders and two waffles, with thick fries battered like the chicken. The kitchen recovered from a 2020 fire and reopened in 2021. Order the tenders and waffles, and add a plate of wings.
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- Chicken Wings
Founder Frank Willis, a former University of New Mexico basketball player, built this soul food kitchen around the chicken and waffles he missed from Los Angeles. Wings come in styles like Nashville hot, buffalo and Honey Hot, and the twelve-wing-and-two-waffle plate is the move. It reopened in 2021 after a fire and keeps drawing crowds.
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