Sense and Memory

Best Chicken & Ribs sits just off State Street on 2700 South, on the north side behind a donut shop.  It's a small, informal restaurant where vinyl booths and formica tables surround a huge rotisserie in the middle of the room.



Good Greek fare is on offer here: gyros, souvlaki, and of course, chicken & ribs.  I think it might be Best Chicken...and ribs,since the ribs are boiled and baked to a tender grayness, then soaked in barbecue sauce.  The chicken is a different story.  I'm not ready to declare them a final winner, but this chicken is several steps above the stuff under the heat lamps at the grocery store.  The skin is paprika red, crisp and savory over a layer of lemony fat.  The chicken flesh is moist and firm, not soggy.



Accompaniments include lemon rice, boiled potatoes, and a lovely iceberg salad with house Greek dressing in a styrafoam bowl. 

On the way out, I snapped a better picture of vernacular window art.  i think its quite pretty.