Price's chicken coop is a throwback to the mill restaurant - it's located across the street from the old Atherton Mill in Charlotte's Dilworth neighborhood. Hungry manual laborers have been mixing with bankers and lawyers here at lunchtime and in the early evening for a 1/4, 1/2, or full chicken served in a cardboard box with minimalist sides. It's a... more

We tried this chicken I had heard of for the past 30 years. It was great, crunchy, cooked to perfection. This place is just take out, no inside dining. We got the half chicken dinner, white meat. It consist of 2 breast and two wings. The meal comes in a cardboard box with potato rounds, 2 hushpuppies(cold), small carton of... more

This is a take-out restaurant only. Do not be deterred by the long lines. They move quickly. If it is a nice day, eat at Latta Park, which is 5 blocks away. The chicken is excellent and is the quintissential Southern dish. The iced tea is outrageously sweet, which is true to type. more

Delicious fried chicken more

In my humble opinion this place has the best fried chicken in town, it's a Charlotte institution, if you have out of town guests that don't mind take out or eating from a cardboard box then take then here. more

The say it's the best but there is some fired chicken sold in a shell gas station a few blocks away that I think really rocks. more

this is what they mean when they say Southern Fried Chicken more

Deservedly rated as best fried chicken in the country-cash only. more

I was recently in Charlotte with my grandson who had been in Charlotte this summer. The only place he wanted to make sure he got to was the Chicken Coop! He had the chicken and had to have some this trip! He was right, it was great and a wonderful value!! more