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    You'd never think this store front restaurant was soo good! The chicken really is great! Very tasteful, full of flavor and not dry. The price is not bad at all and when you walk in it feels like you are walking into someone's home really. Its odd to say but you really do. The natural juices they make are soo tasty. I ended up ordering two and I was tempted to take one to go.  My sister discovered this place and she ordered there chicken for a birthday party. I knew I had to go and find out what else this place had to offer when I had the chicken. Its a cute place and one i'd like to be to be going to more often.

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    I really like FLYING CHICKEN - Pollo Vollador...
    They used to be on lincoln and grace but they moved to Kimball and Montrose. I love there skirt steak meal with rice, potatoes and beans.

    My mom likes there empanadas and consome soup....

    Anyway, a nice place for lunch, dinner or to take a date.

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    Yummy Yummy Yummy!!!! Been going here for years. They are no longer located on Lincoln Ave, but have now moved near Montrose and Kimball.  Empanadas and their green sauce are the best in town!!!! Chicken is awesome too...so are the steaks!

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    this place has moved - near kedzie & montrose i think??

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    Super Columbian Food.  I went in here for the first time with my friend (who is half Columbian) after dancing my pants off across the way at the dance school for a salsa lesson.  It was a 3 hour class and I was starving.

    We walk in this small and modest little place and sit down.  We were the only people in there and it remained that way the whole time.  Hey, i like a little peace and quiet.  Our server was the cutest little Columbian women with the biggest eyebrow I ever had seen.  Yes...it was one eyebrow.

    So I decide on the mountain platter: beans, rice, a corn cake, chorizo, yucca, plantain, a fried egg and fried pork skin.  All of this yumminess piled on my plate.   I felt like a mountain when I was done and I didn't even finish it, I took half home.

    If there is one thing that I really noticed, it was that the food was not too heavily spiced.  My friend told me that that was how Columbian food was and that it is the sauces that really add the flavor.  Boy was she right.  I wanted to bathe in the stuff it was so good.

    Great food at a good price.  There was not much ambiance and nothing else memorable about the place, so I'm going to go with the 3 stars.

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    Amo el Pollo Volador!

    Er...I love the Flying Chicken! A couple years ago I worked just down the way on Ravenswood and would come in for the 'especial de cuarto' which included a quarter chicken (dark or white, your choice), half a roasted potato, a cup of red beans and a cup of rice. All for $5.49. I prefer the chicken here to that of other popular Latin grills, as the flavour is subtler and more complex. It's also far less salty, which scores huge points for me. Oversalted food makes me sad (and puffy).

    There are various chicken meals on the menu but don't miss the steaks, which are also very good. And if you're seriously into meat, try the 'Picada Colombiane' which is a heaping platter of grilled pork, spare ribs, chorizo, fried casava (yucca), roasted potatoes, plantains and a couple of arepa (corn cakes). You'd be wise to bring reinforcements or Tupperware. There are a few seafood items which sound good, but which I've not sampled.

    OK, all those offerings are good enough but you mustn't -- MUST NOT -- pass up the empanadas. There are beef or chicken empanadas only, but the unusual thing (to me, at least) is that the shells are made from yucca (cassava). They are deep-fried, super crispy, crunchy even, and not greasy. Also, the beef filling is shredded, not ground. Drizzle these with the cilantro sauce they bring to the table and try not to wet yourself from crunchy joy.

    The other thing that must be had is the 'jugo naturales de mora' (blackberry tropical shake). I don't think these are made from fresh blackberries (no pips) but they are absotively, posilutely fantastaphoric.

    For some reason, FC has never drawn a crowd. I've seen many people walk by, look at the menu in the window and keep walking. Well, too bad. People, you didn't know what you had when you had it!

    NOTE: the Flying Chicken will close their Lincoln Avenue doors permanently on Monday, 21 July 2008. The good news is that they are decamping to 3402 West Montrose in Albany Park, where I hope (and feel) they will get a much warmer reception despite plenty of nearby competition. And that warm reception will be well-deserved because the owners serve up some delicious food, and they do it with a smile. How could we not love that?

    There used to be live music and dancing on Saturday nights. Maybe that will continue at the new location.

    The FC is set to reopen for business 'sometime in August' -- the manager didn't have a specific date. Keep your eyes open. And then your mouth.

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    I'll tell you what...I spotted the Flying Chicken name spread eagle across the Colombian flag on a drive-by and came to a screeching halt...damn near sent my toes slashing through my eyeballs.  Here is the reasoning for my urgency: This Colombian grub-house completed my Trifecta of Colombian spots here in Chitown--Joe's Food and Liquors, La Brasa Roja, and now the Flying Chicken (but, no worries, there are even more: EL Llano, Las Tablas, to name a couple).

    For those of you who read my reviews, you may have noticed a constant in my threads--me gusta Colombia.  The fact is this: it's tough to find homemade Colombian grub and at a reasonable price.  And, I am all'a'bout good food that sticks to your ribs at a reasonable price.  This place has what some places lack and that is a down home feel that I look for when picking out a restaurant.  Ok, well, the orange sherbet colored walls don't scream "down home" to me, but the way the conversation flows freely--especially if you are associated to a Colombian, by any extent of the imagination-- makes you feel like you are in a Colombian's home for dinner.

    The chicharron is crispy (for more adventurous eaters), the chicken calentado is a mixture of rice, beans, shredded chicken, a couple potatoes, and a plantain. Tasty and better than the calentado at Brasa Roja.   The steak tastes like it was grilled on a skillet rather than on a grill, so I am withholding a couple stars for that.

    Entertainment Bonus: For you Colombians this side of the equator, you can get your fix of RCN and its telenovelas via satellite, and on Saturday nights, the restaurant plays Colombian music.

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    I definitely agree.  Haven't been to flying chicken in over a year, but I loved their food.  I remember having the chicken melody which was excellent.  The staff is really nice and the ambiance is so relaxed. I assume it is a family ran business because the restaurant has a homely feeling.  I also recommend trying the seafood dishes.

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    If you want chicken done right, and in a healthy way, this is the place to go.  It's roasted and delicious! Everything here, from the sides to the entrees have always been wonderful.  Service is pleasant and the price is truly reasonable for the quality and amount of food you receive.  The licuados are also quite tasty.  I've always been a fan of the passion fruit shake with water.  It's an unassuming storefront mom n' pop operation, but definitely worth a visit while in Northcenter.

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