In preparation for the big game this weekend, we ordered a mess of wings from the biggest chains to track down the best. Braving the threat of orange fingernails, we found the spiciest wings, the slimiest wings, and the least objectionable blue cheese dipping sauce. Best All-Around Wings All photographs by Robyn Lee KFC. They have everything you look for in a wing: good skin-to-meat proportions, good sauce (or a sauceless option, as pictured), good bellyache of success after, and good leaning tower of bones to prove you ate too much. Case closed. Best for Spicy Fans If your taste buds have an ego for heat, go for the Domino's "fiery." These pack a punch, man. Sure, the real spicy...
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Photograph from Beer and Rap on Flickr SergDun of Grocery Eats completely goes off on the new Popeyes chicken biscuit sandwich. Warning: He curses up a storm in this post, so it's NSFW (if you have prying eyes reading your screen) and not suitable for delicate sensibilities. I know I'm not much better because I f****** paid them to do it but still this is a waste. Yeah it’s good but they are charging you a service that could be completed with a plastic knife. I think it actually looks pretty good. Popeyes has great fried chicken and great biscuits. What's not to love? (Unless, of course, there's a mark-up for the assembly.) Related When on the Jersey Turnpike,...
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Stay away from Roy Rogers' fried chicken. Far away. Last weekend I had the unfortunate experience of eating at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. While the obvious thing to do when having to make a decision between Nathan's, Arthur Treacher's, and Roy Rogers is to go hungry, I chose Roy Rogers. "It's fried chicken—how bad could it be?" I asked myself. Pretty bad, considering that I vowed to never eat at Roy Rogers again after that experience. If only there had been a Popeyes instead of Roy Rogers—then my New Jersey Turnpike meal would've been less loathsome. Paula Marantz Cohen of Drexel University's online journal The Smart Set discovered that Popeyes makes some "damned good" food for...
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Say goodbye to the ol' blue-and-red Popeyes logo, and feast your eyes on this revamped look for the fried chicken chain. Designed by Pentagram, the eye-popping orange and red color scheme with fleur-de-lis, symbolizing the chain's New Orleans hometown, is for the kids. Apparently, the younger generation considered the older logo "generic" and "tired." It kind of reminds me of the Burger King colors, but the black-and-white photos add a classy touch. [via Brand New] Related Bobby's Burger Palace Type Design by Pentagram Photograzing: Cajun Battered Fries from Popeye's Popeye's Fried Chicken: Momofuku David Chang's Guilty Pleasure...
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