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Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken

Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken

5030 Montgomery Rd, 45212-2129, Norwood, United States

Chicken • American • International • North American


"Lee 's Famous Recipe is indeed a chain, and while I don 't prefer in general to review chains, there aren 't too many of these left scattered around in greater Cincinnati, and each one sorta kinda feels like it is individually operated, so I tend to think of them in that way.  They certainly don 't have a corporate 'feel ' to them like a KFC or Popeyes does<br/ <br/ While I definitely like the fried chicken here, particularly the regular rather than the spicy variety, what I really really like here is the roasted chicken, which has little or no breading and is instead enrobed in a basting of herbs and spices which is to my palate a lot tastier than the fried.  At this location, they tend to run out of roasted early, so get there earlier if you want roasted.  The Wednesday 3-pc special with 2 sides and a biscuit, which has been in place as long as I can remember though the price has of course risen over the years, is always a great deal (currently 4.99)<br/ <br/ For my choice of sides, I almost always pick the potato wedges, which are always good though best when you get the thinner cut ones; and either the corn (which can be soggy depending on how long ago they cooked it) or the green beans, which are generally better when you dump the little packet of salt and pepper included with the plastic utensil set you get with a carryout.  I find the mac and cheese to be very bland and mushy, best to avoid.  My wife does like the cole slaw.<br/ <br/ I think their biscuit is very good and a bit underrated.   I think they 'd do good business if they served breakfast with a fried chicken biscuit, sorta kinda like the one at Chik-Fil-A"