Hot chicken. It’s what you came to Nashville for and Hattie B’s Hot Chicken is the place to get this local specialty.
This is an extremely popular restaurant, it is likely you will have to wait in line for possibly upwards of an hour. Pro tip: If you don’t want to wait, order take out! You have three ways to sample the goods: chicken sandwich, chicken plates, or chicken tenders. You can tailor it to your taste with different levels of heat, the highest of which is shut the cluck up!!! with a burn notice. The burn is real, the sauce is prepared with ghost peppers. You can order a side of it if you want to try, but aren’t ready to commit, I recommend going this route for the spice enthusiasts. I went for the hot chicken sandwich, which has coleslaw, comeback sauce, and a pickle on top.
The skin is super crispy, meat is juicy, and the medium heat was a perfect kick for me. The comeback sauce is a great creamy component to calm things down. This sandwich has truly got it all. The meal comes with one side, and Jeff was nice enough to share his ultimately creamy pimento mac and cheese with me as well.
Hattie B’s is part of the Nashville experience, so hop in line and be a part of it!