Haven Hot Chicken - New Haven

The New Haven original of a fast-growing Connecticut hot chicken company, founded at this Whitney Avenue address in 2020. When Representative Rosa DeLauro and the mayor gathered to celebrate it, a city economic-development official praised the founders for identifying rich seasonings from the South and bringing them north, per New Haven Independent. The Nashville-style fried chicken comes in escalating heat levels. Order it hot, with the seasoning dialed to your tolerance, and try the cauliflower version too.

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The New Haven original of a fast-growing Connecticut hot chicken concept, founded here in 2020 and since expanded across the state. CTbites' guide to Connecticut fried and hot chicken sandwiches singles out THE Sandwich: a buttermilk-marinated boneless chicken breast with house-made vinegar slaw, Brooklyn-made garlic-dill pickles, and the signature Rob Sauce on a toasted potato bun. Dial the Nashville-style heat up or down to taste.

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Nashville-style hot chicken downtown on Whitney Avenue, opened October 17, 2020 and the founding location of what grew into a Connecticut group. Per CTbites, the move is 'THE Sandwich,' fried chicken on a bun at your chosen heat. Order the Tendie Trio to sample the spice ladder from Country up through Haven, and the NOT Chicken cauliflower sandwich covers the table's vegetarian. This is the original storefront where the recipe started.

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