Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken

This place has some of the biggest, juiciest chicken strips of any quick serve restaurant anywhere I've been.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.  In order to make chicken wings that actually have some meat, the whole industry has been working at "beefing up" their chickens.

Famous Recipe has been in town a long time.  It used to sit across from the Methodist Church at East Main and 15th Streets but back then, it was strictly a take out operation.  Now, they have a dining room with a television.  The staffers are friendly and orders are finished fairly quickly.  The restrooms are generally clean.

They still have a liver and gizzards meal, which is unusual nowadays.  I don't eat it, but my mum preferred their livers.  I eat the chicken strips, biscuits, and on occasion, side items.  The mashed potatoes and gravy don't seem to have real potatoes.

It beats KFC and it doesn't make me sick, which is a plus.

Driving from Indianapolis to Columbus one night, Richmond seemed like the right place to stop for dinner.  Craving something other than burgers, fried chicken soundeds good.  Lee's Famous Recipe is a short drive off I-70.  It was clean and the staff were very friendly.  My husband and I both ordered the spicy chicken, along with biscuits, cole slaw and mashed potatoes.  The chicken was very juicy and hot, with a crunchy skin that had just a hint of cayenne.  I could have handled more heat, but overall was satisfied with the chicken.  The biscuits were buttery and soft, the cole slaw was very good and tasted homemade.  The potatoes had a taste of powdered mix and were the only real disappointment.  I place Lee's above KFC but still prefer the spicy chicken at Popeye's.