10 NOLA Restaurants for Great Fried Chicken
1. Willie Mae's Scotch House
2401 St. Ann St.
504-822-9503
williemaesscotchhouse.com

2. Dooky Chase's Restaurant
2301 Orleans Ave.
504-821-0600 or 504-821-0535
dookychaserestaurants.com

Dooky Chase's is not only locally famous, it's also one of the most well-known Creole restaurants in the entire United States. Despite the legendary Chef Leah Chase no longer being with us, the restaurant is still able to regularly draw in large amounts of people.
Whether you go to the lunch buffet during the week or to the sit-down weekend dinners, you have to be sure and order Dooky Chase's Southern fried chicken. You will get three pieces of Creole seasoned chicken with a choice of one side like French-style green beans, mustard greens, stewed okra, and more.
3. Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
Multiple Locations
gusfriedchicken.com

4. The Original Fiorella's Café
5325 Franklin Ave.
504-309-0352
originalfiorellas.com

Situated in the Gentilly neighborhood, The Original Fiorella's Cafe offers great tasting Italian, Southern, and New Orleans cuisine. The restaurant was actually named the Best Fried Chicken winner at the Fried Chicken Festival for two years in a row, so you know you'll be in good hands ordering their chicken entree.
Choose from two pieces of white or dark meat, three pieces, or four pieces, which include a leg, thigh, wing, and breast. Sides include the vegetable of the day, salads, mashed potatoes, fires, and potato salad.
5. Café 615 (Home of Da Wabbitt)
615 Kepler St., Gretna
504-365-1225
cafe615.com

Café 615 is one of the most popular restaurants on the Westbank and is a great place to stop by for lunch if you find yourself in Gretna. Opened in 1948, the restaurant is most famous for its authentic Creole dishes, seafood, and Da Wabbit burger.
Café 615's fried chicken entree is absolutely amazing, is served atop hot buttered toast, and comes with your choice of two sides like fries, coleslaw, and potato salad. Make sure to save room for the restaurant's homemade bread pudding or tasty turtle cheesecake.
6. Jacques-Imo's Café
8324 Oak St.
504-861-0886
jacques-imos.com

7. Daisy Mae's Southern Fried Chicken & Breakfast
920 Poydras St.
504-218-5031
daisydukesrestaurant.com

Daisy Mae's is the perfect place to visit in the Central Business District for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The restaurant's menu is extensive and contains classic breakfast, Southern, and Cajun dishes.
Make sure to order Daisy Mae's signature Southern Fried Chicken, which comes with a biscut and your choice of potato salad, fries, or onion rings. Other chicken dishes to check out include the buffalo wings, crispy chicken sandwich, and the very popular chicken and waffles plate.
8. Picnic Provisions & Whiskey
741 State St.
504-266-2810
nolapicnic.com

9. Coop's Place
1109 Decatur St.
504-525-9053
coopsplace.net

Coop's Place's fried chicken can also come atop the restaurant's red beans and rice entree, as well as the Coop's Taste Place, which also comes with red beans, jambalaya, shrimp creole, and seafood gumbo. For a unique appetizer, definitely order the smoked duck quesadilla.
10. Chubbie's Fried Chicken
4850 General Meyer Ave., Algiers
504-392-2377
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Another delicious Westbank establishment is Chubbie's Fried Chicken in Algiers. Given its name, Chubbie's is best known for its many different fried chicken dinners, chicken strips, chicken wings, and even chicken liver and gizzard dinners.
While Chubbie's chicken is its main draw, the restaurant offers plenty of other selections like seafood platters and a long list of po-boy sandwiches. Consider one of the mouthwatering extras on offer like red beans and rice, corn on the cob, and onion rings.
Great NOLA Fried Chicken to Bite Into
New Orleans is one of the top food cities in the world, so you know you'll get some great pieces of fried chicken at any one of these 10 local restaurants. If the annual Fried Chicken Festival is any indication, then New Orleanians absolutely love biting and tearing into juicy chicken legs and sandwiches. So eat up and explore the chicken the city has on offer. Your cholesterol might go out of wack, but your stomach will thank you.