The Best Fried Chicken In Georgia: List

ATLANTA, GA — Here in the South, few foods stir up the emotions quite like fried chicken. Arguing about who serves up the best yard bird can get pretty heated based on your own personal preferences — much less when you factor in hot chicken, chicken wings and all the other permutations on the classic dish we've come up with over the years.

Nevertheless, a new list attempts to highlight some of the best friend chicken in Georgia, and other states throughout the South.

For the list, Garden & Gun — a magazine that covers sporting culture, food, music, art and travel in the American South — rounded up more than 70 experts, including chefs, food and travel writers and the magazine's own contributors.

Read Garden & Gun's full Fried Chicken Bucket List here.

The list ranged from chains like Popeyes and Publix to famous Southern staples like Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville and Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken in Memphis.

"Southerners eat fried chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, which is why so many of us are self-professed experts," the article reads.

In Georgia, tried and true classic spots made the list – like Watershed on Peachtree or Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room in Savannah — along with some out-of-the-way stops, including at least one gas station, where the experts have had tasty chicken.

Many are in metro Atlanta, but there are spots on the list ranging all the way from Suwanee to St. Simon's Island. Check out the Garden & Gun list for comments from an expert about each spot.

Here are Georgia's entries on the list:

Bennie’s Red Barn
St. Simons Island

Big Chick
Washington

Blakely Chicken
Blakely

Buckner’s Family Restaurant
Jackson

Busy Bee Café
Atlanta

Chicken Delite
Ocilla

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House
Hapeville

Fried Chicken and Biryani at Third Space
Atlanta

JCT Kitchen
Atlanta

K&K Soul Food
Atlanta

L.T.’s Wings
Atlanta

Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room
Savannah

Narobia’s Grits and Gravy
Savannah

Nexto
Atlanta

Nick’s Buffet
Brunswick

Parker’s Gas Station
Brunswick

Richards’ Southern Fried
Atlanta

Thank U Chicken
Duluth

Umaido
Suwanee

Watershed on Peachtree
Atlanta

Wifesaver
Augusta

Zyka
Decatur

What do you think? Did your favorite chicken shack make the list? Did the magazine's experts leave out a great one that we should all know about? Let us know in the comments or on social media.

Photo courtesy JCT Kitchen & Bar