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Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
Review by: Roadfood Team
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken in Nashville, TN
When you hear the city of Nashville mentioned, your mind usually focuses on one of two things, Country Music or Hot Chicken. Since this is a website about food, we won’t comment on Country Music. Nashville is famous for their hot chicken places and most of us have heard about the others. Now it is time to hear about one of the “New Kids On The Block”. Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, has quickly become one of the best hot chicken joints in town.
The atmosphere is lighthearted and fun. There are signs to remind you that you are in a chicken joint and that you will be eating some of the HOTTEST chicken in Nashville. They do tend to express the chicken jokes a little much, but that was my only complaint. Like “If the line is long, don’t forget to shut the Clucking door” and “Real Chickens don’t smoke” among others posted about the place.
There are now two locations of Hattie B’s 112 19th Ave S, between Broadway and West End near Rotier’s and Elliston Soda Fountain and 5209 Charlotte Ave, both in Nashville.
It was a Wednesday mid-day, after the lunch rush was over and the line was about ten minutes. The menu board is large and easy to read. The woman taking orders was excellent, as she could “sense” if someone was not from the Nashville area and she took time to explain the menu when asked.
What should I eat at Hattie B’s Hot Chicken?
We are in awe of the menu and have a hard time trying to decide just what to get. We love hot chicken, and wanted to try the various levels of heat, but we started with the “Damn Hot” 1/4 Chicken and wanted to work our way up to “SHUT THE CLUCK UP” heat level. For sides, we chose red potato salad, pimento mac & cheese, and southern style collard greens.
All we can say is WOW, we are glad we started with “Damn Hot” instead of the truly mind blowing stuff. The chicken was tender and juicy and HOT. The red potato salad was delicious, well balanced and seasoned. The pimento mac and cheese was a true Nashvillian thing and the collard greens were a Southern thing of beauty: tangy, porky and the even the “liquor” was good enough to drink. We should have asked about the tender sampler, a basket of one chicken tender of each heat level, but alas we will need to go back again. ?
We will add this to our short list of Nashville hot chicken places, as it is well worth the burn.
*Original Post by Cajun King*
Directions & Hours
Information
| Price | $ |
| Seasons | Summer, Spring |
| Meals Served | Late Night |
| Credit Cards Accepted | No |
| Alcohol Served | No |
| Outdoor Seating | Yes |
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2 Responses to “Hattie B’s Hot Chicken”
Angie Behrman
February 28th, 2023
OMGOODNESS!!! We saw the special Andrew Zimmern did about Nashville restaurants and he HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Hattie B’s and my brother-in-law had been there and was telling us about it soooo of course we had to try it! SO GLAD WE DID!!! WOW!! Hands down absolutely the best chicken!! I got the mild which still had a kick to it and it was just perfect for me and my husband had the hot and by the time he was finished his eyes were starting to tear up a little bit. I had greens & coleslaw, he had Fries and slaw. Slaw was perfect! Greens were as well! But let’s talk about that BANANA PUDDING!!! ❤️😋❤️ ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BANANA PUDDING EVER!!!!! Make sure to get it!!
Branden Shortt
March 1st, 2023
Love the enthusiasm!!!! Now I want to go back.