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Been in Nashville for about a year and half. Prince's Chicken is the best I've had, but of course Hattie B's is the most popular. Pro-tip if you in Nashville and don't want to wait in the huge lines at Hattie B's, it is rumored that Party Fowl was founded by somebody who used to work there and stole the recipe. Go to Party Fowl no lines.

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Don't go to Party Fowl. It sucks.

You want hot chicken without lines? Either order hattie b's online and pick it up, or go to Slow Burn, Pepperfire, TNT BBQ, 400 Degrees, or Big Shakes

I live in Nashville. Party Fowl is a last resort.

Another vote for Pepperfire here. Absolutely delicious.

another vote against Party Fowl. Its fine enough for a large group of people if you need seating, but if youre only in Nashville for a short period of time, try something else.

If you do end up at PF, the lacquered lollipops were the best thing they had of everything I tried.

Party fowl also has a more expansive menu. Hattie B's is still the best though, I would just go there at like 3:30 when there would be a very short line.

I really like spicy food and don't think I'm a wimp, but the medium intensity hot chicken I had at Party Fowl was REALLY fucking hot too. Much hotter than the same level at Hattie B's. If you have 5 heat-levels on your chicken with medium being the second lowest, you should really adjust it so that medium is tolerable to regular people. I swear that stuff was hotter than anything else I've ever had, including lots of ghost pepper flavored products and all the other spicy food I had living in Nashville

No doubt. I got the medium at Party Fowl at was crying a few minutes in. The bartender was laughing.

Hell yeah this sounds like my kind of place! I'm so used to restaurant food not actually being all that spicy that I always order whatever's spiciest, and then every so often I find a place that actually takes spicy seriously and it just about kills me (in a good way). It turns from eating for enjoyment to eating tot accomplishment at that point, which frankly is more memorable.

Maybe they just have a bartender that likes messing with people.

+1 on the Prince's recommendation.

But does Hattie B's usually have huge lines now? I haven't gone very often in the last year or so, but I can't really recall ever standing in the ordering line longer than a few minutes.

I went to Hattie B's around 6 pm on a Wednesday last month and only waited about 15 minutes.

Last time I went at 11 on a weekday and the line was quite long. It moved quickly though.

depends on which one. The midtown one always has a long line. The one on 8th ave can be up and down but has a ton more seating. Same with the Sylvan Park one.

You can also hit up Bishops in Cool Springs and they carry it too.

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