Not a chain
Independent chicken
54 chicken establishments hold a health permit in the guide and appear in this guide. 48 carry a Bird Score, with a median of 41.5. Between them the city has 328 inspections on record between August 2021 and July 2026. 28 have been named by a food publication we track.
54 shown · ranked by Bird Score, highest first · median 41.5 · 328 inspections on record · 28 with published awards · 6 with no published inspection score, listed last
Chatman's Chicken
Freight Chicken LLC
Attagirl Ice
Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery
Pete's Hot Chicken
Anchor Bar
The Jerk Shack
Wayne's Wings
Honey's Chicken Joint
Wayne's Wings
Southerleigh Haute South
Tony G's Soul Food
Perfect Tender
Surfside Chicken Hut
Wayne's Wings Restaurant
Gus Fried Chicken
Saucy Birds
The Baked Bird
Bobbie's Southern Kitchen
Dank Wings
Ches Chicken & Burgers
Mista C's Fried Chicken And Waffles
Mk Davis Restaurant & Bar Ltd
Earl Abel's And Mission Chicken Co.
Babe's Crispy Chicken
Pelicana Chicken
Pollos Asados Los Nortenos
Krazy Katsu
Urban Bird Hot Chicken
Anthony's Fish And Chicken
6ixty Wings
Pollos Asados De Sinaloa
Rusty Rooster
Chicken N Pickle
Pollo Pechugon
Richie's Hot Chicken
Mr. A Ok's Kitchen
Wild Wing Station
Mama's Cafe
Seoul Food Korean Grill
BBQ Chicken
Gold Feather Restaurant & Bar
Tip Top Cafe
Mrs. Kitchen Soul Food
Wild Wings Station
Wow Chicken & Cupbop
Pollos Asados De Sinaloa, LLC.
Rocket Wings and Dixie Grille
Gill's Fried Chicken
Mikey's Chicken & Tavern
Pollos Asados El Viejon
Pollos El Gallo
The Meene Beene
Wing It
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.
Elsewhere
Elsewhere in the guide
- The ones critics have named 35
- Chicken in Northeast Side 12
- Chicken in Far West Side 10
- Chicken in Northwest / UTSA 10
- Chicken in Far North Central / Stone Oak 6
- Chicken in South Side 5
- Chicken in Southwest Side 5
- Chicken in Far Northwest 4
- Chicken in North Central 4
- Chicken in North Central / Airport 4
- Chicken in Northwest Side 4
- Chicken in West Side 4
- Chicken in East Side 3
- Chicken in Far Northwest / Dominion 3
- Chicken in Midtown / Monte Vista 3
- Chicken in Near East Side 3
- Chicken in Southeast Side 3
- Chicken in Seguin 4
- Chicken in New Braunfels 3
- Chicken in San Marcos 3
- Chicken in Spring Branch 3
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.