The Roost Carolina Kitchen

Welcome to The Roost Carolina Kitchen, home of the best damn chicken in Chicago. We learned, and took to heart, the very basic culinary philosophy that acts as the guiding principle for everything we do. Simple traditional scratch cooking. Our recipes are not complicated...

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455 N Milwaukee Ave (at N Union St) Chicago , IL 60654 United States

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Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating No
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biscuits chicken nashville hot good service peach cobbler great value BYOB casual dog-friendly pimentos city food trucks well
Kellen Terrett

The Roost is consistently one of my favorite food trucks . The chicken is some of the best in the city . The staff is friendly , and remember me each time. I will go out of my way for this place.

Chicagoist

Owner Joe Scroggs learned how to fry up chicken from his family in North Carolina and in a city of Northerners with many a mediocre fried bird, his is the real deal. Try: the Nashville Hot . Read more

Kinshasa Hawkins

The fried chicken & biscuits are so good here (I'm from the south so I know good biscuits )! My Grubhub order even came with jelly packets - talk about biscuit heaven... ????????

Antonio Burrowes

Omg the best chicken I have had year to date, the spicy chicken sandwich is everything. Mac b cheese was great and it's a byob so bring your own libations

Chicagoist

The spicy chicken biscuit is what heaven is made of. A massive hunk of spicy yet subtly sweet fried chicken shoved between two salty buttery slabs of biscuit . Read more

peter royal

the chicken is amazing! get part of a bird as well as a biscuit and some awesomely spicy Mac and cheese !

ISC Chicago

Nashville Hot Chicken wasn't really that spicy , but it was tender and had a good kick.

Thrillist

The breast/leg & thigh combos of fried chicken soaks up the flavor of buttermilk , garlic , onions , rosemary , and bay leaves in an overnight bath that weirdly doesn't make it pruney. Read more

Andrew Griesemer

Please visit Clark and Monroe more often. I need a roost fix at least once or twice (or 5 X's) a week.

Justin Rand

When they're close by get there quick, you don't want to miss the biscuits and they can run out fast.

Mike

CHICKEN . BISCUIT . (any day/time) One, if not THE best shacks in town

Harrison Williams

Perfectly fried chicken . Fluffy, melt–in–your–mouth buttermilk biscuits . Do it!

Andrew Griesemer

Spicy chicken on Biscuits with Cheddar and pickles . Ridiculously amazing.

Justine G.

Spicy chicken , peach cobbler , and biscuits are fantastic!

Kevin Kovac

Every thing

L K

Spicy chicken sandwich is quite good. Also get a biscuit !

Christopher M

The fried chicken is so delicious, and so is the pimento mac & cheese !!

Nitish Sharma

Fried chicken was great, not really a fan of the slaw

Robert Robbins

don't feel bad ordering the original, it still has a kick to it.

Mike

CHICKEN . BISCUIT . (any day/time)

Dr. Noisewater

Spicy chicken sandwich is the best!

Todd Kuna

Fried chicken paradise!

Colin Lee

Dark bone plus biscuit

Nora Benson

Amazing fried chicken biscuit .

Heather S

Tasty chicken but expensive . Portions are small.

Jackie Belzone

The chicken duh

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