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Another Kansas chicken place worth mentioning is the Brookville Hotel. It’s two lies for the price of one—no longer in Brookville (now in Abilene) and no longer

Another Kansas chicken place worth mentioning is the Brookville Hotel. It’s two lies for the price of one—no longer in Brookville (now in Abilene) and no longer a hotel (but they have some old rooms preserved as a museum). But it serves half a fried chicken per person, plus all the fixings (creamed corn, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and more), at a sit-down white tablecloth establishment, for under 20 per plate.

downerending 6y ago
If you're ever in Kansas City and want to try serious good, cheap fried chicken, Go Chicken Go was pretty good last I was there. It has all the ambiance of a Greyhound bus station bathroom, but the chicken was really good.
- wincy 6y ago
  Also if you’re in Kansas City and want to get food at a sit down place, Stroud’s pan friend chicken is the local spot. It’s become a little more “middle class” than its humble roots were, so it’s a little pricier, but it’s delicious. My uncle says it tastes exactly like my grandma used to make (which I unfortunately never got to try). Their cinnamon rolls are deliciously ooey gooey too. If you’re in KC or surrounding suburbs on business there’s almost definitely one nearby.
curiousllama 6y ago
You want to talk value... Harolds fried chicken in the south side of Chicago has half a fried chicken, a bed of fries, two slices of wonderbread and a shot of coleslaw all smothered in mild sauce for less than 5 dollars. I'm sure some pedant is about to come out with "oh really, the cole slaw is smothered in mild sauce?" Yes. Nothing in that bag avoids the sweet tang of mild sauce shoved through bulletproof glass. It's the greatest food in the world.
- germinalphrase 6y ago
  Harolds is really good, but if you’re in Minneapolis go high dollar and get the Tennessee Hot from Revival.
  - curiousllama 6y ago
    Ooh - I will be in Minneapolis once this whole global shutdown thing is over, so I'll definitely head that way
- selimthegrim 6y ago
  It inspired an entire Freddie Gibbs song (after the one in Gary) although from what I hear the farther west you go the better. I’m certainly not going all the way out to Hoffman Estates though, chicken be damned
russnewcomer 6y ago
Salina native here who never thought I'd see Brookville Hotel on HN. Brookville Hotel chicken really is great, a lot of food, but great. If anyone reading this is ever driving down I70, you won't go wrong stopping there, right off the interstate in Abilene. Hey, make a whole trip of it and visit the Eisenhower Museum, too, they have done a lot of remodeling and it is a fascinating slice of WWII and Eisenhower's presidency.

downerending 6y ago

If you're ever in Kansas City and want to try serious good, cheap fried chicken, Go Chicken Go was pretty good last I was there. It has all the ambiance of a Greyhound bus station bathroom, but the chicken was really good.

wincy 6y ago
Also if you’re in Kansas City and want to get food at a sit down place, Stroud’s pan friend chicken is the local spot. It’s become a little more “middle class” than its humble roots were, so it’s a little pricier, but it’s delicious. My uncle says it tastes exactly like my grandma used to make (which I unfortunately never got to try). Their cinnamon rolls are deliciously ooey gooey too. If you’re in KC or surrounding suburbs on business there’s almost definitely one nearby.

curiousllama 6y ago

You want to talk value... Harolds fried chicken in the south side of Chicago has half a fried chicken, a bed of fries, two slices of wonderbread and a shot of coleslaw all smothered in mild sauce for less than 5 dollars. I'm sure some pedant is about to come out with "oh really, the cole slaw is smothered in mild sauce?" Yes. Nothing in that bag avoids the sweet tang of mild sauce shoved through bulletproof glass. It's the greatest food in the world.

germinalphrase 6y ago
Harolds is really good, but if you’re in Minneapolis go high dollar and get the Tennessee Hot from Revival.
- curiousllama 6y ago
  Ooh - I will be in Minneapolis once this whole global shutdown thing is over, so I'll definitely head that way
selimthegrim 6y ago
It inspired an entire Freddie Gibbs song (after the one in Gary) although from what I hear the farther west you go the better. I’m certainly not going all the way out to Hoffman Estates though, chicken be damned

russnewcomer 6y ago

Salina native here who never thought I'd see Brookville Hotel on HN. Brookville Hotel chicken really is great, a lot of food, but great. If anyone reading this is ever driving down I70, you won't go wrong stopping there, right off the interstate in Abilene. Hey, make a whole trip of it and visit the Eisenhower Museum, too, they have done a lot of remodeling and it is a fascinating slice of WWII and Eisenhower's presidency.