Fried Chicken
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3 fried chicken places in Houston we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Houston | Fried Chicken across every city.

Fried chicken in Houston carries a strong Creole inflection, seasoned and spiced in a style that reflects the city's Gulf Coast ties. Frenchy's Chicken on Scott Street in the Third Ward is the landmark, a Creole-spiced chicken kitchen that has fed the neighborhood for decades.

Frenchy's Chicken (Scott Street) ★ 4.1

$Fried chickenThird Ward

Frenchy's Chicken on Scott Street in Houston is Percy Creuzot's 1969 Third Ward Creole fried chicken counter, two blocks from Texas Southern University.

OrderThree-piece dark meat with dirty rice and red beans. A peach cobbler to close.

TipSunday after church is the line. Weekday lunch is the move. The Scott Street counter is the original; multiple satellites exist.

Frenchy's Chicken ★ 4.0

$$Fried chicken

Frenchy's Chicken in Houston is the 1969 Third Ward Creole fried chicken counter on Scott Street, open until midnight Fri-Sat with the Sunday-and-late-Friday.

OrderCreole fried chicken

TipFriday and Saturday past 11pm gets the after-club crowd. Three-piece dark with dirty rice is the order.

Frenchy's Chicken ★ 4.7

$Fried chicken

Frenchy's Chicken in Houston is the 1969 Third Ward Creole fried chicken counter on Scott Street, with a three-piece dark with two sides for $11 that fills.

OrderThree-piece Creole fried chicken with sides

TipDark meat over white. Dirty rice and red beans. The Sunday queue is 30 minutes; weekday lunch is the move.

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