Comments on: prince’s hot chicken – nashville, tn

By: cook eat FRET - thanksgiving in december

cook eat FRET - thanksgiving in december — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:41:25 +0000

[...] would get together for lunch and so, santos and i finally met for the first time at prince’s – a nashville institution, and immediately became fast and furious friends. santos is a [...]

By: FatFood Lover

FatFood Lover — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:56:31 +0000

The first time I’ve ever had hot chicken was in Hyde Park (South Side of Chicago) back in 1990. It was a place called Harold’s Fried Chicken. It’s actually a Hot Chicken chain started in 1950 in Chicago. Let me tell you I was hooked. I’ve craved that chicken ever since and now that I’ve relocated to Nashville I’ve been reunited with one of my favorite foods…Hot Chicken. The “Fry Sandwich” which is the white bread soaked with grease and hot sauce containing whatever fries that weren’t consumed with the chicken was the icing on the cake towards the end of the meal. Prince’s is wonderful and look people, if it’s a novelty to go to the “bad part of town” you all need to get out a little bit more and get over it.

By: Big Daddy

Big Daddy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:14:40 +0000

I ate at Prince’s and will eat there again and want to tell everyone that the chicken is really great and very juicy so when you lick your fingers its good to the last licking. If you are really brave get the Hot but if you want a great tasting piece of chicken just get the medium and you wouldn’t have to fret the bathroom afterwards.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:43:02 +0000

just to return to this post for a moment… I showed the hot chicken to steve last night and he drooled and slobbered all over the screen. he’s texas born and raised and misses chicken fried as well as those pieces are. and I’ll admit, they look pretty great to me too.

By: claudia

claudia — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:45:44 +0000

i, of course ate the bread. white bread with spicy grease. there’s a healthy food for ya… it was kinda good. chris said that they empty out the deep fryer late night and sell the crispy cracklings on the same bread. it had a name but i can’t recall…

professor – what made you the laughing stock? couldn’t take it? the mild is plenTy hot for me.

j – that is beyond cool. i loved hearing that. what a proud pappa you muxt be! does he make it for you often?

z – why all the failures? just wondering why there aren’t more of these…

pink – if $5 and a little car interior damage could make you that happy, how could i not?

pogo- that Z… he’s a funny guy… no doubt.

klinde – grab the german and GO!

john – chris said the very same thing!!! you guys must know… yikes.

lucy – i’ve not made a caramel cake but they are indigenous to here and are WONDERFUL. but i love me some cake… the frosting is where it’s at and the cake is yellowish… so so good.

lesley – no permanent damage to anything

pony – you’ve gone veggie?

yveala and min. inv. – come visit. i’ll take you for sure!

lauren – if i were going to be a regular – those plates would be the way to go for sure…

shannon – you gotta take that man of yours and go. it’s fun. a true nashville thang.

firedog – doing what you do, the boys in the firehouse would get a kick outa this…

By: ElZorro

ElZorro — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:50:21 +0000

I cryptically alluded to the pourpose of the white bread on the first post.
The 1st. time I went to Prince’s I thought it was supposed to be a chicken sammich, not fried chicken with a bunny-bread sponge.

By: The Professor

The Professor — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:57:56 +0000

I had the “pleasure?” to dine at Hot Chicken at it’s original location on Charlotte Ave. in 1967. My boss took me there and I was the laughing stock of the entire place, I had never been exposed to such heat, now I love the place and I enjoy telling this story every time I get the opportunity.Great food…a must eat stop.

By: J

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:57:21 +0000

C — Thanks for this! ElZorro is right — it’s a unique dish for a unique market.
Gotta brag: last summer, my son was one of the 6 finalists in Mayor Purcell’s first ever July 4 Hot Chicken Cook-off at East Park — he came away not with the trophy but with a great deep fryer, and a great personal recipe for Hot Chicken that I’ll get him to share with us (we sampled his efforts for 2 weeks before the contest, daily. That’s another story). Commercially, I’m partial to Bolton’s on Main, with its walk-up window and convenient location on the way home to East Nashville.
You didn’t mention the white bread that accompanies the hot chicken. My opinion is that it’s there to soak up the oil, but there are some, including our former Mayor, who consider it a delicacy in its own right…..

By: ElZorro

ElZorro — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:02:55 +0000

For those of you thinkin’ that such a unique dish should be served in different surroundings… Well, Nashville is littered with the abandoned shells of “Hot Chicken” restaurants the fail’d to blossom…

Mrs. Boo’s
hotchickens.com
Jody’s Hot chicken?
Bolton’s at the arcade

By: shannon

shannon — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:44:06 +0000

I am so glad I checked in today. You kill me.
This goes on my list of Nashville “musts”.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:34:47 +0000

Remember those blue with white speckled camping plates, southern staple from way back. I’m guessing if they can survive camping, they may be able to withstand the chicken. Though I’m sure the chicken would put up a fight.

By: ponyboat

ponyboat — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:40:31 +0000

I am going to FRET when I stare down my Boca chicken sandwich later today. Why exactly did I give up meat?

Pink, you crack me up!

By: mr. pink

mr. pink — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:47:44 +0000

As if the world didn’t already know: Claudia, you are an angel. And oh, that hot chicken smell. I’d be tempted to dab it behind my ears as cologne, if it didn’t cauterize flesh on contact.

Word to the wise: Don’t try washing it down with a carbonated beverage. That just makes it mad.

By: FireDog

FireDog — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:56:42 +0000

Sounds like a 3 alarm fire!
Sshwweeet!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:13:40 +0000

D’oh! Both of those cakes sound delicious!

I hope the car seat recovers. And were you able to wash the smell out of your hair?

By: Yveala

Yveala — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:08:23 +0000

i think i put on a couple of pounds just sitting here looking – good thing i’m many miles from nashville because i’d have to indulge…

By: minimally invasive

minimally invasive — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:50:44 +0000

It is SUCH a cruel fate that bloglines decided to update my feed just as I’m thinking about grabbing a late lunch, and sushi at that. The hot chicken sounds like mighty fine eating and I’m entirely jealous of your experience.

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:48:19 +0000

i know feel much less guilty about the onion rings i just had for lunch. thankie.

tell me more about southern carmel cake.

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:00:07 +0000

Hey, you made it to Prince’s! I have yet to go myself, but my boyfriend and his brother went a couple years ago and returned with a bit of advice for male customers. Guys, if you’re in the midst of eating some hot chicken and have to take a restroom break, you might want to wash your hands BEFORE peeing. Sorry to bring up such an unseemly subject, but it had to be said.

By: Klinde

Klinde — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:14:13 +0000

I am ashamed to report that I have lived in Nashville since 1979 and have yet to experience hot chicken. I keep meaning to but have yet to get around to it. I love the Frisbee part of the story though!

By: pogo

pogo — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:24:13 +0000

Gotta love those pictures of broccoli…

By: ElZorro

ElZorro — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:03:19 +0000

So ya think the whole pourpose of the Bunny Bread was to soak-up the Nu-ku-lar sauce?

Because unless your jaws have the PSI of a hyena, it will be difficult to eat a bone-in chicken sammich.