Finger Licking Good In PQ?

This is a great post! I have been wondering the same thing since Popeye’s closed. I hope other posters have good suggestions!

I’ve been wondering this, too. The best I’ve been able to come up with is the Popeye’s on 14th and N, but that’s a bit of a trek for when I want fried chicken RIGHT NOW.

For your Metro-accessible Popeye’s fix, there’s one a block south of Eastern Market Metro, but the service (and freshness of product) is MUCH better at the H Street NE location. But if you’re going to go that far for fried chicken, Danny’s Carryout at 13th and H is probably the best classic DC 5-piece-with-mambo-sauce that I’ve had in DC: these are whole wings (all three segments) fried at high temp, with a blistery skin that’s as crisp as a potato chip. $5 with fries. Not sure if they deliver as far as Penn Quarter though.

BTW I’m not referring to the Good Dannys but the other Dannys commonly referred to as “Evil Dannys.”

14th and N is your closest one…10-15 minutes walk from PQ or a 3 minute bike ride.

I don’t really think there is any. However in the very close by category is:
POLLO CAMPERO 3229 14th St., NW Peruvian fried chicken metro accessible COLUMBIA HEIGHTS metro.

I remember seeing people in hazmat suits cleaning out the popeyes before they started construction. YIKES.

Pollo Campero is good. And if you are ever in the mood for jazz and chicken wings, HR-57 is good.

Horris and Dickie’s on H and 12th NE was called one of the nation’s best fried chicken by Southern Living. I hear it’s good, but I never can order anything but the fried fish sandwich. It’s just that good.

Pollo Comparo is the one reason to go to central and south america. LOVE their chicken. Or maybe it is in the context of the location. Hmm.

Another vote for Pollo Campero in Columbia Heights. It’s delicious, they don’t use trans-fats, and the restaurant is spacious and clean.

try

UHOP Saints Paradise Restaurant and carry out
601 M Street NW

open 7 days a week

There’s a KFC at 14th & U (1 block from the Metro)

I can deal with no Popeyes to clean up that awful eyesore. Those buildings are one of the first you see when you use the 11th St. Metro exit.

it is Polly Esther’s that I miss the most from that site. where else could you Shake Your Groove Thing (Peaches & Herb), lament the plight of Billie Jean (MJ) and hear the Rhythm of the Night (Corona) all in the same club. Tequila Beach I could do without, however. Kemp Mill moved further west but it’s no Tower Records.

#12 lol blame the landlords, they’re the ones who dumbed the neighborhood down into the hellhole it was, not the tenants trying to make a buck.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I do love Peruvian chicken so that’s not a bad option. But when you’re craving Fried chicken, Peruvian doesn’t satisfy. Truth be told I prefer Peruvian to Fried, but I’ve been craving Fried for a while now. Guess I’ll have to metro for it.

#7 – Best Chicken or Fish?

I disagree that it was the landlords that caused the neighborhood to wane and the Popeyes to be crappy. There are dozens of influences which cause a neighborhood — especially a downtown, that until recently, was strictly a place to be 8am to 7pm.

Such an assumption shows your lack of knowledge of the tru “big picture” of urban planning, sociology and the changing cultures within this unique federal city.

I am a (proud) native Washingtonian. I have seen this city destroyed by the ’68 riots. I have seen the economic slump of the 70s and 80s. I have seen and lived in the midst of the amazing rebirth of a neighborhood that was all-but-written-off a dozen years ago.

Does the neighborhood have problems? Sure. Show me a downtown that doesn’t and I will show you a nonexistent utopia.

The Popeye’s at 14th and N also has a drive through so you can be back in PQ enjoying your fried chicken at home in 20 minutes.

The fried chicken at some of the chinese restaurants is quite good (greasy, but that’s the point, right) including the little place next to Shanghi Express and Full Khee.

I think that the New Hope Baptist Church on 8th (between H and I) is still selling fried chicken at lunch time Wed-Fri. It’s traditional cooking and they do take-out.

There are other Southern food that vary by day but the chicken was there everyday.

I just love the fried chicken & waffles for brunch at Clyde’s. Probably not a quick fix answer – but definitely tasty.

I try not to eat too much fried food because I have to take extra care of my health. So, when I splurge I might go for high end (I realize this in not for the erveryday meal) – and I have been very satisfied with the fried chicken at Central (11th? and Penn). For those who have not eaten there, I feel it is the best value for gourmet food for the dollar.

We lack a chicken n’ waffles place.

POLLO CAMPERO is by far the best chicken in the entire area. As for the posters comments, i’m sorry but KFC’s chicken is 100 times better then Popeyes – Popeyes wins on the sides – but chicken wise, there is just no comparison – KFC rocks!!

#22, I love Central but I was pretty disappointed with that fried chicken. I don’t know what I expected, but for $20 I thought I’d get more than two pieces, and I thought they’d taste better than KFC/Popeyes, but to me they didn’t.

Central is a great place to eat and I love having them in the neighborhood. But not that fried chicken. Now those beef cheeks on the other hand, those I could eat every night.