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Nashville Hot Chicken

Fried chicken dipped in cayenne-laced oil, served on white bread with pickles. Prince's Hot Chicken Shack started it all.

Photo: Sean Russell from Knoxville, TN, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Most days
Price
Cheap
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, 5814 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Several locations around the city.

Why Go

Legend says hot chicken began as revenge on a philandering Thornton Prince in the 1930s. His family's restaurant still serves it, alongside Hattie B's, Bolton's and many others. Heat levels go from mild to painful.

Tips

  • Start with 'medium': 'hot' really is.

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