Top 10 Heavenly Chicken Restaurants in NWA Did you know there are at least 365 ways to cook chicken? I am sure there are more, I just have a cookbook that contains that many recipes. You can grill it, bake it, barbecue it, fry it, boil it, roast it, crockpot it, etc. Below are restaurants that serve the best chicken dishes in Northwest Arkansas:
bentonville
Siloam Springs
At Boneheads, experience serious tasting Piri Piri chicken in a relaxed atmosphere. The small chain started in Atlanta, but is now in five states. If you haven’t tried it, you’re in for a real treat.
This little roadside diner serves some of the best home-style cooking you will find in the country. Staff is friendly and efficient and the place has top-notch management that makes sure you get treated right every visit.
Boneheads $$ 1403 SE Moberly Ln,(479) 715-6699
The Hive $$$ 200 NE A St, (479) 286-6575
Starting with locally sourced chickens, the brunch menu at the Hive at 21c, a premier boutique hotel in Bentonville, AR features BMF (buttermilk fried) Chicken on a biscuit. Delicious beyond description if you’re a fried chicken devotee and to be tried at least once if you’re not.
Tusk & Trotter $$ 110 SE A St, (479) 268-4494
The menu features a wide variety of perfectly cooked meats, however, customers rave about the fried chicken and waffles. Try it once and you’ll be hooked.
Eureka springs Myrtie Mae’s $$ 207 W Van Buren, (479) 253-9768
You haven’t eaten chicken until you’ve tried Myrtie Mae’s famous Ozark Fried Chicken. People drive from all across the state to eat this delicious chicken. Try it, you’ll love it.
fayetteville
Best Frickin Chicken (Food Truck) $ 372 W Dickson St, (479) 966-4667
Customers love this chicken known for its flavorful breading. According to their regulars, they have some of the best bone-in fried chicken in NWA, bar none. Other menu favorites are the fresh-cut fries, and ham hocks and beans.
Sassy’s $$ 708 N. College Rd, (479) 856-6366
Their awesome smoked chicken speaks for itself. From their sliced smoked chicken dinners to their delicious smoked chicken sandwiches, they do chicken right.
rogers
Monte Ne Inn Chicken $$ 13843 Hwy 94, (479) 636-5511
This restaurant features only one menu, served family style, and includes all you can eat fried chicken, delicious bean soup, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, coleslaw, home-made rolls and apple-butter. Monte Ne Inn Chicken is as close to grandma’s country chicken dinners as you can get.
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Cathy’s Corner $ 1910 U.S. 412, (479) 524-4475
Springdale
AQ Chicken $$ 1207 N Thompson St, (479) 751-4633
In business since 1947, this famous chicken house serves a variety of Southern-style chicken recipes in an old-fashioned setting. Chicken lovers! You must sample some of this chicken.
Neal’s Cafe $ 806 N Thompson St, (479) 751-9996
In the famous pink building, the chicken is still fried in the old iron skillets of years gone by. In 2004, Southern Living recognized Neal’s as one of the top spots in the U.S. to eat fried chicken.
honorable mention Cracker Barrel $ 2307 SE Walton Blvd, Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 268-5907
Featuring down home cooking, and an old general store, the Cracker Barrel can be counted on to deliver several tasty chicken dishes including their fried and grilled chicken tenderloin, fried chicken livers and, of course, their delicious homemade chicken n’ dumplins.
Slim Chickens $ 2120 N. College, Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 935-4444
With a variety of chicken tender baskets served with Texas toast, fries and a medium drink, and their chicken and waffles dinner, they’ve pretty much got chicken covered. Their dipping sauces will make a fan out of you.
Venesian Inn $$ 582 West Henri De Tonti Boulevard, Springdale, AR (479) 361-2562
A Tontitown tradition since 1947, the restaurant mainly serves Italian-styled food, but it is also known far and wide for its southern fried chicken items. If you enjoy chicken, you must taste the flavorful chicken at Venesian Inn.