With more than 100 JJ Fish & Chicken locations in Chicago alone, this is the first in the state of Tennessee.
There is already Lil' Mama's Chicago-style hoagy in its "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"-themed space in the Tomorrow Building, and Windy City Eatz, where you can chomp down on a Chicago-style hot dog while cheering the Chattanooga Football Club at Finley Stadium (but please don't ask for ketchup).
#Jjs fish and chicken crack#
All of that is sprinkled liberally with a mysterious powder that I've heard some people refer to as "fairy dust" and "crack powder," but is more than likely something heavy on the monosodium glutamate, aka MSG, but definitely not fairy dust or crack powder.Ĭhattanooga seems to lure in Chicago-influenced food. An hour later, the restaurant closed completely until the crowd could be brought under control.Īs of now, there's no menu posted anywhere, but as the name suggests, there will be fish (whiting, tilapia and others) and chicken (wings, tenders and gizzards) and choices of the usual sides like french fries and fried okra. Things became so chaotic that the staff resorted to only allowing 10 customers at a time to enter. Soft openings are commonplace for a restaurant's staff to work out the kinks, iron out the wrinkles and "test equipment," as the owner mentioned. JJ Fish & Chicken could have used security backup at its soft opening Tuesday on Highway 58. Sides are very important to me, so I probably wouldn’t go back with green beans like those, even though the fish was fine.Note: This story was updated on May 26 to remove a mistaken reference to security at the restaurant. It was very finely diced except for the carrots and had a good flavor with only a mild sweetness. The hush puppies were fine and of the tubular, chewy variety (Who knew when I first tried hush puppies in my college cafeteria that they came in so many varieties?). The green beans were horrible, steamed to death with no flavor whatsoever and cooked to death. The trout was pretty good with a simple, crunchy batter.
Hush puppies were automatically included. I ordered a medium-sized trout dinner, with green beans and coleslaw that I ended up taking to go. Let’s just say they don’t like pictures taken at all at this location. The menu seems to vary widely from place to place, and I’d imagine the customer service does, too. I learned once I searched for a website link that it’s actually a chain that has a lot of presence in California and Wisconsin, and a smaller presence all across the US. There were also dessert options, including banana pudding, red velvet and coconut cakes, and cookies, but the case was pretty well cleared out by mid-evening. Food options were varied, from fried chicken and seafood platters to gyros and jerk shrimp.
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The outside of it is covered with names of the different types of fish that they offer, and signs in the windows advertise a drive-through window. It’s a pretty nice, clean, order-at-the-counter restaurant with some country clutter in the form of wood barrels and wooden fish and oars on the walls. The management asked me not to take pictures at this establishment, so I’ll just try and describe the place for you. Chicken and Seafood Dinners: $5.99–$10.99
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