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Lucy's Fried Chicken ~ Austin, Texas


First visit: May 2023

After another day of successfully selling records, JL proclaims he wants fried chicken. OK, now is our time to go hipster. Let's try Lucy's in the local neighborhood here. The Zagat styled review states: Elevated Southern eats with a patio. What is with the patio anyway? They all say that as if that's the most important thing. Who wouldn't want to sit outside on a 100 degree humid day in Austin, Texas? Then this: Elevated Southern eats. Elevated. Jeez.

We were greeted by our transgendered host/hostess/hostit. I don't even know what to call them. And they get mad if you get it wrong. Well Jethro and Bubba are here and we want fried chicken dammit! So you figure it out. I was happy because these places always have great craft beers on tap. Right? Wrong. Ugh. Really? Only one "macro craft". Goshdarndamnpoop. OK whatever. We grabbed our patio bench (inside the open space for the record) and proceeded to order.

We each got a basket of chicken and I ordered the red chili and he got cornbread. Oh yea - this is really great. I love that the chicken isn't greasy at all. Crunchy too. Mrs. RJG would have loved it. Only the breast was a bit tough, the sole demerit we could give them. I also loved the chili - meaty and flavorful. It was definitely a Texas red too. JL really enjoyed the cornbread, but it's too much starch for me.

One thing I have to say overly positive about the hipster restaurants of Austin is that they brought back neon lights! Hooray hooray I wish they will stay. They're everywhere here. Look at that logo will ya? Colorado Springs could use a facelift like that. Academy is the most boring road I've ever seen. Spruce it up with a little neon!

Looks like Lucy's has been downsizing a bit. Besides this, they only have one other location left in Cedar Park.

5/10/23 (new entry)

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