Published recognition

The ones critics have named

35 chicken establishments hold a health permit in the guide and appear in this guide. All of them carry a Bird Score, with a median of 51.1. Between them the city has 296 inspections on record between August 2021 and July 2026. 35 have been named by a food publication we track.

35 shown · ranked by Bird Score, highest first · median 51.1 · 296 inspections on record · 35 with published awards · 0 with no published inspection score, listed last

Positions on this page are within this list. Each establishment's rank across all 131 in the guide is on its own page, and the formula behind both is published in full.

What this means

What these numbers are

An inspection score describes one visit on one day. It is what one inspector recorded on one date at one address — Metro Health says so itself. It is not a standing condition, not a grade for the food, and not a prediction about your lunch. A kitchen that scored 88 in March may be spotless today, and one that scored 100 may not be.

A 311 complaint is a phone call, not a finding. The city records that a member of the public called. It is not a citation, not an investigation result, and not evidence that anything was wrong. The city files it against an address, so where two food businesses share one, neither the record nor we can tell them apart. We publish the count with its denominator and let you weigh it.

Awards are reported, not endorsed. Every recognition on this site carries its publisher, its year and a link to the page we read it on. We did not judge those contests and we do not vouch for them; where a publisher named a business rather than an address, the page says so.

Absence of data is never rendered as a finding. No inspection on record means no Bird Score — never a zero, never quietly ranked last. No award found means we searched 172 recognitions from 13 publishers and found none, which is a statement about press coverage and not about cooking.

If something here is wrong, we will fix it. Every figure links to the record it came from. Email us with the correction and we will check it against the source and correct it within 48 hours, whether or not you are a customer. How to request a correction.

The ones critics have named

Chatman's Chicken

Freight Chicken LLC

Attagirl Ice

Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery

Pete's Hot Chicken

Anchor Bar

The Jerk Shack

Wayne's Wings

Wing Stop

Pluckers Wing Bar

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers #228

Pluckers Wing Bar

Honey's Chicken Joint

Wayne's Wings

Southerleigh Haute South

Pluckers Wing Bar

Tony G's Soul Food

Wayne's Wings Restaurant

Gus Fried Chicken

Bobbie's Southern Kitchen

Ches Chicken & Burgers

Mista C's Fried Chicken And Waffles

Mk Davis Restaurant & Bar Ltd

Wing Stop # 428

Pollos Asados Los Nortenos

Krazy Katsu

Anthony's Fish And Chicken

Mr. A Ok's Kitchen

Mama's Cafe

Seoul Food Korean Grill

Gold Feather Restaurant & Bar

Tip Top Cafe

Mrs. Kitchen Soul Food

Wow Chicken & Cupbop

Elsewhere in the guide

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