Brown's Chicken and Pasta

Blech. Brown's is easily now my least favorite fried chicken spot. We live super close and decided to give it a whirl. Never again!

The chicken wings in our 8 piece box were puny and fried beyond recognition. The breasts were dry. The mac and cheese was spiral pasta covered in watery cheese soup.

The employees were surly.

Never ever again!

LOVE LOVE LOVE Brown's chicken!! KFC doesn't come close!!!!!
This is the closest one near me... A little out of the way, but it's worth it. I havn't had it in YEARS, because the one by me in des plaines closed down years ago. I usually get the 2 piece(breast and wing, even though I hate dark meat, i give the wing to my dad, he loves his dark meat!) with 2 sides, coleslaw is good, and fries are portillos like, which are excellent! Sadly they don't have corn on the cob anymore, which used to be the best part!
I have tried the chicken strips too, and they were very light in color, and not very crispy, maybe a little undercooked? I think I will always stick with the breast, yum!
My dad has had the italian beef sandwich, and he said it was pretty good... but let's be honest here, this is a chicken place!
I think this weekend, since i'm a daddy's girl, I will ask him to pick it up for me again :)

I went to this Brown's back on August 25, 2010. I ordered a leg and a thigh, a biscuit, and a couple corn frittters. I ate there and then I got on the nearby Blue Line train in Jefferson Park. The food apparently didn't sit right because by the time the train got to Logan Square, I felt sick. My stomach was rumbling and I had the cold sweats. I live near the Racine Blue Line stop and my plan was to get off there, go home, and go to the bathroom. Unfortunately, I couldn't hold it for that long and I had to get off at the Washington stop. I wanted to find the nearest bathroom, so I went to the now closed Borders store at State and Randolph. Unfortunately, there was very little toilet paper in their bathroom, so I left Borders and went next door to Argo Tea. Luckily, their bathroom was cleaner, quieter, and there was plenty of toilet paper.

Needless to say, I haven't eaten at a Brown's Chicken since that terrible day. However, I'm thinking about giving Brown's another chance eventually. I liked their chicken when I was younger, but it's not quite as good now as it was back then. If I eat from Brown's again, I'll go to a different location than this one and take the food to go.