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Who's gonna meet me there for dinner?? :lol:

 

New Chicken Restaurant

 

 

 

Flavor Flav opens his 1st chicken eatery in Iowa

 

CLINTON, Iowa – Rapper and reality TV star Flavor Flav is bringing the flavor of chicken to Iowa.

 

Flav's Fried Chicken opens Monday in Clinton, Iowa. Flav has been there preparing for the launch and told the Clinton Herald he'll visit often for promotions and even work the fryer.

 

Flav says it's the first in a chain that stemmed from the 99 cent wings he served at Mama Cimino in Las Vegas. His business partner is the brother of that restaurant's owner.

 

Flavor Flav, whose real name William Drayton Jr., founded hip-hop group Public Enemy in the '80s. He found fame anew in 2004 on the third season of VH1's "The Surreal Life." He also starred in the network's "Flavor of Love."

 

He has a culinary degree and restaurant experience.

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In the summer of 2017 a reviewer on Yelp visited 63 different places in San Diego County that serve fried chicken, and posted this review of a KFC location.  The review included his ranked list.

 

This visit to this KFC concluded my "Summer of Fried Chicken," a marathon chicken-tasting tour through every restaurant I could find in San Diego County that is known for their fried chicken.

This KFC location is awful like the rest, and if you've been reading my fried chicken reviews this summer, you know why. As noted in my lengthy review for the KFC in North Clairemont at the beginning of this journey, even Colonel Sanders publicly disliked what KFC's corporate cretins did to his restaurant chain after he sold it.

ANYWAY, KFC ain't going back to the way it was... So please consider my rankings below of San Diego Fried Chicken as of September 2017:

TIER 1: "Great" - Destination Dining

1. Marinade on Main's Herb-Fried Chicken, East County/Ramona
2. Crispy Fried Chicken's Fried Chicken, Normal Heights

TIER 2: "Yum!" - Definitely Worth a Try

3. Felix's BBQ with Soul's Alabama Fried Chicken, Oceanside
4. Gala Chicken's Crispy Chicken, Kearny Mesa/Convoy
5. The Smok'd Hog's Friday Fried Chicken, North Park
6. China 1968's Cantonese Salt & Pepper Fried Chicken, El Cajon
7. Crack Shack's Fried Chicken, Downtown/Little Italy
8. Open House's Fried Half Chicken, Encinitas
9. Street Car Merchants' K-Town Salt & Pepper Fried Chicken, North Park
10. Homestyle Hawaiian's Korean Fried Chicken, Linda Vista
11. Bonnie Jean's Fried Chicken, Rolando
12. Chicken Rebel's Fiery Chicken (sans bun), San Diego [food stand/pop-up]

TIER 3: "Good" - Safe to Order If You're Already At The Restaurant

13. Rustic Root's Boneless Rosemary Fried Chicken, Downtown/Gaslamp
14. Royal Mandarin's "Salted Pepper" Chicken Wings, National City
15. Street Car Merchants' Southern Fried Chicken, North Park
16. Phuong Trang's Canh Ga Chien Bo (Crispy Vietnamese Garlic Chicken Wings with Butter), Kearny Mesa/Convoy
17. 608's Boneless Fried Chicken Breast, Oceanside
18. Island Style Café's Korean Fried Chicken, Tierrasanta
19. Jimmy's of Santee's Broasted Chicken, Santee
20. Kettner Exchange's Boneless Fried Chicken and Biscuit in Foie Gras Gravy, Little Italy
21. Uptown Tavern, Maple Boneless Chicken Breast Tempura, North Park
22. Chick-Fil-A's Spicy Fried Boneless Chicken Breast Filet (sans bun), Point Loma

TIER 4: "Meh" - May Let You Down...

23. Hive's Plain Fried Chicken (no sauce), Kearny Mesa/Convoy
24. Bourré Southern Bistro's Fried Chicken Wings, Rolando
25. Tender Greens' Boneless Fried Chicken, University City
26. Krispy Krunchy Chicken's Fried Chicken, Clairemont
27. Bankhead Mississippi Style Cooking's Fried Chicken, Spring Valley
28. Uptown Tavern's Tempura Boneless Fried Chicken, North Park
29. Sessions Public's Crispy Chicken Sandwich (sans bun), Ocean Beach
30. Mama Kat's Fried Chicken, San Marcos
31. Chick-Fil-A's Regular Boneless Chicken Breast Filet (sans bun), Point Loma
32. Sage Café's Fried Chicken, Barona Casino/Lakeside
33. Uptown Tavern's Ghost Pepper Boneless Fried Chicken Patty, North Park
34. Hash House-A-Go-Go's Boneless Sage Fried Chicken, Downtown/Hillcrest
35. Church's Spicy Fried Chicken, Normal Heights
36. Beach Plum Café's Fried Chicken Thighs, South Oceanside
37. Popeyes' Spicy Fried Chicken, Mira Mesa

TIER 5: "Bad" - WILL Let You Down...

38. Sab-E-Lee's Fried Chicken Wings, Linda Vista
39. Jollibee's Spicy Fried Chicken (Chickenjoy), National City
40. Crest Café's East Texas Boneless Fried Chicken Breast
41. Hooters' Chesapeake Fried Chicken Wings, Downtown/Gaslamp
42. Popeyes' Fried Chicken, Mira Mesa
43. Whisknladle's Hot Chicken, La Jolla
44. Jollibee's Regular Fried Chicken (Chickenjoy), National City
45. Shakey's Pizzeria's Fried Chicken, Chula Vista
46. Church's Fried Chicken, Normal Heights
47. KFC's Original Recipe Fried Chicken, North Clairemont & Eastman

TIER 6: "Awful" - Not Fit for Human Consumption

48. Underbelly's Boneless Japanese Fried Chicken, North Park
49. San Diego Chicken Pie Shop's Fried Chicken, North Park
50. Jimmy's American Tavern Boneless Fried Chicken, Point Loma
51. Hinotez's Fried Boneless Chicken Thighs, Convoy
52. Red Robin's Boneless Fried Chicken Breast Filet (sans bun), University City
53. Tiger! Tiger!'s Boneless Fried Chicken, North Park
54. That Boy's Good BBQ's Boneless Fried Chicken Thighs, Oceanside
55. Louisiana Fried Chicken & Waffle's Fried Chicken, Logan Heights
56. KFC's Extra Crispy Fried Chicken, North Clairemont & Eastman
57. Von's Fried Chicken, University City
58. Proud Mary's Fried Chicken, Kearny Mesa
59. Hinotez's Fried Chicken Wings, Convoy
60. Underbelly's Fried Chicken Wings, North Park
61. Chicken Charlie's FRYBQ Fried Chicken, Clairemont
62. Sister Pee Wee's Fried Chicken, Grant Hill
63. BVM BBQ's Fried Chicken, Skyline
* Smokin' Blaine's was disqualified and not ranked due to their decision to arbitrarily shut down and take vacation for weeks at a time

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6 hours ago, cv91915 said:

I still feel compelled to try any place called Tiger! Tiger!

Maybe you should try the ones in East County/Ramona.  Or do your own review of KFC, Church's and IHOP fried chicken in El Centro.  El Centro is going to habe beautiful sunny weather today. 

 

I'm sure you already frequent the Shakeys Lunch Buffet in Chula Vista

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7 hours ago, Konrad2012 said:

Maybe you should try the ones in East County/Ramona.  Or do your own review of KFC, Church's and IHOP fried chicken in El Centro.  El Centro is going to habe beautiful sunny weather today. 

 

I'm sure you already frequent the Shakeys Lunch Buffet in Chula Vista

I think the last Shakey's I visited was in Sioux City, Iowa, at least a dozen years ago.  

 

My main hag and I are targeting a trip to Ramona for the fried chicken at Marinade in September if we can make it work.  

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14 hours ago, cv91915 said:

I think the last Shakey's I visited was in Sioux City, Iowa, at least a dozen years ago.  

 

My main hag and I are targeting a trip to Ramona for the fried chicken at Marinade in September if we can make it work.  

I wouldn't mind checking out Felix's BBQ in Oceanside.  I'd really want bbq chicken with Alabama white sauce but that doesn't appear to be an option on their website. How can you have Alabama bbq chicken without Alabama white sauce?

 

The Crack Shack has killer sandwiches, but their fried chicken stand alone is just whatever to me and therefore overpriced because it's just whatever

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8 minutes ago, Konrad2012 said:

I wouldn't mind checking out Felix's BBQ in Oceanside.  I'd really want bbq chicken with Alabama white sauce but that doesn't appear to be an option on their website. How can you have Alabama bbq chicken without Alabama white sauce?

 

The Crack Shack has killer sandwiches, but their fried chicken stand alone is just whatever to me and therefore overpriced because it's just whatever

I don't think Sucker Free Southern Plate in the Gaslight District (as we jokingly call it) was open when he did all of those reviews, but it's apparently owned by the same people that own Streetcar Merchants (#9).

 

I took my parents to Sucker Free (Dad's a fried chicken aficionado, if there is such a thing).  We ordered a whole bird - HOT - and it was so spicy we couldn't enjoy it.  And we love spicy food.

 

The hip hop music at Sucker Free plays nonstop at about 144 dB, and there's a photo mural on the ceiling of a gang of thugs threatening you with firearms while you eat.  

 

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1 hour ago, cv91915 said:

I don't think Sucker Free Southern Plate in the Gaslight District (as we jokingly call it) was open when he did all of those reviews, but it's apparently owned by the same people that own Streetcar Merchants (#9).

 

I took my parents to Sucker Free (Dad's a fried chicken aficionado, if there is such a thing).  We ordered a whole bird - HOT - and it was so spicy we couldn't enjoy it.  And we love spicy food.

 

The hip hop music at Sucker Free plays nonstop at about 144 dB, and there's a photo mural on the ceiling of a gang of thugs threatening you with firearms while you eat. 

 

Music would be annoying...ANY sort of music at those levels is annoying. 

 

Have to say that the popcorn catfish on the menu seemed interesting...another of those things that I am amazed has not made it to Texas menus. 

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42 minutes ago, cv91915 said:

The hip hop music at Sucker Free plays nonstop at about 144 dB, and there's a photo mural on the ceiling of a gang of thugs threatening you with firearms while you eat.  

"Sucker Free" or "Sucka Free" is a California gangster rap term, so everything you said makes sense.  Does seem out of place in The GasLamp but then again NWA The Movie was a box office hit so... 

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19 minutes ago, centex said:

Music would be annoying...ANY sort of music at those levels is annoying. 

Hence the reason the PSYOPs strap loudspeakers to tanks and Humvees, especially in MOUT settings.  Loud music when given no choice but to listen is disconcerting, even more so when you can't understand the words. 

 

One of the earliest instances of music as a psychological warfare tool was by Santa Anna at The Alamo (at least according to military textbooks).

 

The Germans strapped wind powered sirens to Studka dive bombers to howl as they rolled in for attacks, and British troops at Dunkirk said it was the scariest part of the entire ordeal. 

 

Noriega got blasted with Welcome To The Jungle and I Fought The Law for days on end in his Papal sanctuary. 

 

At Abu Ghraib the Army and the Spooks blasted detainees with the Barney show I Love You song endlessly.  Gitmo detainees got Bodies by Drowning Pool.

 

The Humvees were playing Ride of the Valkyries in Fallujah to start the show. It was cheesy but it got everyone fired up and let the hajis know they were about to die. 

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22 hours ago, Konrad2012 said:

Hence the reason the PSYOPs strap loudspeakers to tanks and Humvees, especially in MOUT settings.  Loud music when given no choice but to listen is disconcerting, even more so when you can't understand the words. 

 

None of which has any bearing  on the dining environment...

 

If music is too loud, I don't dine there.  Period.  Does not matter WHAT sort of music it is.  If I go out to eat, I am looking for a decent meal in an enjoyable setting. 

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None of which has any bearing  on the dining environment...

 

If music is too loud, I don't dine there.  Period.  Does not matter WHAT sort of music it is.  If I go out to eat, I am looking for a decent meal in an enjoyable setting. 

Actually it does have a bearing.   If it has a negative effect, how is it not relative?  What you quoted and your response are the same. LOL. 

 

Loud music when given no choice but to listen is disconcerting - If the music is too loud, I don't dine there. Period 

 

 

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