I
scarcely know where to begin. When I think about my first visit to Sweet Chick
for Sunday brunch so MANY things are flowing through my mind, all of them
happier than the next. In fact I love it so much I am still adding things to
the list. It is like love at first sight, you can’t fully believe how wonderful
it is until it happens to you. Trust me friends, this experience should happen
to you over and over again. I am already planning what to eat on my next visit.
Sweet
Chick has two locations, one in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan. I went to the
one in Brooklyn for my cousin’s birthday. None of the four of us in attendance
had been there before. My cousin learned about it from a TV show and had
brought it to my attention. Now we were finally going.
As soon
as I walked in the energy was palpable. I knew within thirty seconds this was a
place was meant for me.
The
music was pumping playing songs I haven’t heard in years but ones I loved listening
to, like old school Britney Spears and the Spice Girls. The lights were low but
there was a ton of sunlight coming in through the front windows. The staff was
UNBELIEVABLE!!! More than friendly, they looked like they were actually having
fun. The atmosphere was intoxicating.
While
this restaurant was packed we got a table right away. The tables are close
together and it created a united community. It was all laughter and
conversations. It felt like I had been transported to a different place and
time. I was having fun without doing anything besides walking in.
After
we were seated our waiter came over. He was divine, Mr. Personality for sure.
His name was Screech, enough said.
When I
looked at the menu at home I had picked the fried chicken and waffles. There
were other dishes that sounded good but I was going to go with my first choice.
What you cannot tell from a website is if the menu is list a list of words or
will those dishes sing when you are there. Sometimes you just have to wing it.
Being there everything looked delectable and smelled even better. I am pretty
sure there isn’t anything you could order there that wouldn’t be amazing. The
water even tasted better.
I was
going with the fried chicken and waffles and Screech suggested we got biscuits
with the homemade mushroom gravy. I took one of those as well. I also decided
on a coffee and a peach Bellini. This was a birthday brunch after all.
This is
what I was presented with just a few minutes later.
How
good does that look? No really. Take a minute or two. Stare at the beauty of
the mushrooms in the gravy and the perfect biscuit underneath it.
Then
look at the chicken and the waffle that is definitely the best one I have ever
have.
This
biscuit by itself was good. It didn’t crumb all over the place and was not too
dry. But with the gravy it was a sensation of flavors. That gravy would make
anything that much better. I am picturing it on a rice cake to make that a
treat I would actually crave. Come to think of it I could eat that mushroom
gravy with a spoon like yogurt. Yes it is that good.
The
fried chicken had the right about of spicy ingredients. The outside was so
crunchy and the inside had the moistest meat. It literally fell off the bone.
The waffles played the part of the perfect companion for this fried chicken. It
was sweet, fluffy, all the right qualities. The syrup was good but I was almost
out of chicken by the time I tasted it. The chicken and the waffles were
literally good together without another thing. Although you know that mushroom
gravy didn’t hurt. At one point I was dipping a waffle into that gravy, just
kept getting better and better.
My
fried chicken wasn’t even the best part. Neither was the waffle. It most
definitely was that gravy.
The
peach Bellini was even the best one I’ve had. It wasn’t too strong or too
sweet. It went down nice and easy right before my coffee. This place couldn’t
make a mistake if it tried.
I have
this tendency to be a messy eater. I do not do it on purpose but my food always
comes apart and I need many, many napkins. I want to be clear that there were
no crumbs left on me from this meal. While I was knee deep in my chicken and
waffles I made sure all of it went in my mouth.
I could
not have enjoyed a meal more. I was with the best people, eating the best food,
at the best restaurant I’ve been to in a while. I was already planning to come
here the weekend of my birthday, which I am happy to say is rapidly
approaching.
Of all
of all the places I have eaten fried chicken and waffles this is the best one
in New York City, second favorite of all time! The winner in first place is Gus’s in Memphis and I have not
found anything close until I had this dish in this restaurant. The first bite
gave me such a flash back I had to take a minute to focus. This was like the
best of both worlds, my favorite chicken dish in my hometown, pure paradise
indeed.
It is
funny how when you eat something at one place you think it’s the best and then
try it someplace else and that’s the best you had. This can go on and on, I
feel this happening more and more. In my search for the best of the best of the
foods, I love adding a new place to the top of my list. I found out recently
(from owner John Seymour) that fried chicken and waffles was created in New
York, not in the Deep South as most of us probably assumed. Sweet Chick just
keeps wowing me.
As if
all this yumminess wasn’t enough we finished our meal with a birthday cake we
brought with us. It was delicious as well. Maybe it’s just the restaurant.
Anything you eat there must be magnificent. It must be some kind of rule. I
plan on testing that theory again and again.
In
terms of fried chicken and waffles there are currently three other restaurants
I plan on taste testing. They are: Amy’s and Pies and Thighs in New York City,
Roscoe’s in Los Angeles, and Gladys in Atlanta. This last one is home of the
famous Gladys Knight, Pips not included.
I am
going to leave you with one final thought (just like Jerry Springer).
If you
are ever in the mood for a really great meal, a really great time, or just want
a really great experience than Sweet Chick is the place for you (and me).
Now
check out what owner/chief John Seymour has to say about his establishment:
I know
now my experience would make him happy.
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