Pollo Campero

Craving empanadas?  Spicy chicken ones, maybe?  Pollo Campero might be calling your name!  

Aside from having delicious chicken and an awesome salsa bar, Pollo Campero also has the most delicious spicy chicken empandas.  The outside of the empanada is perfect - not too flaky, not too greasy.  The filling is just great, flavorful spicy shredded chicken.  I make a point just to stop by for some of these when I'm in the 'hood.  

They also have a black bean empanada and a citrus chicken one.  I've never had the black bean one and the citrus one isn't appealing to me because of the cilantro.  So, spicy chicken it is!  If you get the meal, you pay $6 for 3 and you get a side (sweet plantains, yuca, rice and beans, fries).

Oh, and they have guava juice, ya'll. And a drive-thru.  Best.

Got real sick. I thought I was gonna die. If you are Hungary keep driving!!

$2.99 for two pieces of chicken (leg & thigh), fries, two tortillas and a drink?  What an awesome lunch deal!  I ordered the fried chicken, which, while the pieces themselves weren't huge, were quite tasty.  Skin was crispy & crunchy, chicken was flavorful & juicy.  And service was very quick.  Wish I had known enough to try some of their salsa, but there's always next time I guess!

I'd previously tried their Campero Chicken Bowls and wasn't too impressed with that.  I guess when you're used to the chicken "bol" from another "mexican" fast food establishment (ahem *chipotle* ahem) it's difficult to not compare.

Overall great lunch spot, definitely go for the fried chicken.