The Chicken Joint Grill & Bar

I believe this place is now closed.

No thank you.
Many businesses have come and gone from this location and I have a feeling that this restaurant will not last either.
I am really really PISSED that they would not accept my Groupon today because I was going to pick up wings for a small party I was having (my original intention of purchasing the Groupon). The manager said the Groupon merchant app on her phone wasn’t working so she could not take it. First she accused me of being someone else she just talked to on the phone who was likely having the same issue as myself.
She could not take my mobile Groupon, mark it as redeemed and keep the number to redeem when it was working on her end. Instead she refused my business and she sure as hell will not get it in the future. She tried to say that she could not do it that way, which is total bullshit because I work for a business that has used Groupons and we’ve had to do the same thing if we had no internet.
I went to Stew’s and bought wings at full price because I knew I could go there and receive great customer service and big juicy meaty wings and I did. P. S. Stew Leonard’s does wings fresh on the weekends go there instead and deal with the super nice guy at the wing stand!

This is an odd place. The food is good. The menu consists of many different finger foods, plus a few sandwiches and burgers. Their buffalo wings are really good: fried a bit crispy, and the medium sauce was perfect. I also had a chicken sandwich which wasn’t great but wasn’t bad either. The fries, potato wedges, and mozz sticks were all great.
What makes this place odd is the atmosphere. It is non-​existant. We were there for dinner from about 6 to 7 on a weeknight, and the whole time while we were there, no one else was. We were literally the only customers in the restaurant at a time you’d think there would be more people.
The desolate setup added to the boring atmosphere. The dining area feels basically like a big mess hall: just a big room with wooden floors and tables everywhere. No decorations, nothing. What made it even more weird were random «lounge» areas with couches surrounding the dining area. Not quite sure what to make of that.
Food was good, service was prompt (how could it not be with only 1 table in use), set-​up and atmosphere was bleh.

The Chicken Joint deserves a 3.5 stars rather than a 3 stars rating but rounding up to a 4 would be an exaggeration of how great my experience was here. Since there were no pictures on Unilocal of the Chicken Joint I had no idea what to expect. The place is easy to miss since their sign is very «busy» and hard to read. We almost missed the place, I know that if I were to have driven there by myself I would have missed the place.
The place was pretty empty that Sunday afternoon. We went for lunch. Upon entering the décor totally shocked me. I didn’t know what to think, the person who came up with the design plan must have been confused. There were couches available on the sides and in the middle of the dining area were cafeteria like tables and chairs. The place was large but nothing stood out about the place. It seems the Chicken Joint is trying to be all things to all people, pick a theme and a target market and stick to it. I thought it was very cold. I kept my winter coat on the entire time.
The waitress came over with a black and white menu. Took our order and served us promptly. The wings came out with a bowl for the bones but no celery sticks. I usually like washing down my hot wings with celery sticks but for some reason they didn’t serve them with our order. We ordered 6 mild wings. The wings were deep fried just right. If you like your wings crunchy and with very little breading then this is the place for you. I should have gone with medium as the mild was too bland for me.
Within minutes the Southern Fried chicken, Corn nuggets, sweet potato fries and onion rings came out. It was weird that we didn’t get paper plates. I guess you’re expected to eat out of the serving containers. This place definitely knows how to deep fry, each item that came out tasted very crunchy. Each bite was heart attack inducing because it was just fried perfectly. I loved the corn nuggets because I never had corn fritters that were this size. The BF said the fried chicken was great. I had a little piece and I agree they were dirt cheap for that piece. The sweet potato fries were a HUGE disappointment. I prefer shoe string sweet potato fries. Crinkle sweet potato fries are just not right, they don’t fry properly and they get soggy very fast. I won’t be ordering those again.
We had tons of leftovers and the problem with this type of food is, they make terrible leftovers because they get soggy. BF had the fried chicken for lunch and he said they tasted wonderful the next day. I would def go back for some chicken but wish they had entrees that came with sides so I’m not forced to order HUGE servings of fries that I can’t finish.
We sat there waited forever to get our bill. I’m still not sure if we were suppose to walk up to pay or not. The server came over with our boxes to pack our leftover but never came over with the bill until we asked about it.

As the first reviewer of The Chicken Joint, I really hope I’m not partially responsible for its demise… Because honestly, these guys have a lot of growing up to do for a new restaurant. I’ll try to be as nice as I can…
Let me at least say a few good things. The staff is friendly, attentive, and very sexy with large breasts… Hey, what can I say, cute waitresses and bartenders count for something, right? The bar is well stocked, and most drinks are quite cheap for this area. They also did a nice job decorating the bar area, with plenty of HDTV’s for your viewing pleasure.
That said, there’s a lot of critical flaws here…
First of all… as well furnished as the bar area is, the restaurant seating area is equally dreadful. They literally didn’t touch the place that the last tenant left them… fluorescent lighting, crappy McDonald’s chairs and tables, absolutely no decoration, zero ambience whatsoever. It’s like eating in a janitor’s closet. It’s as if they took their business loan and dedicated exclusively to the bar area.
More importantly, the food… I think Unilocal’s two-​star catchphrase «Meh, I’ve experienced better» couldn’t be more appropriate here. Yeah, it’s fine, but it’s honestly no better than Chili’s or Applebees. The fried mushrooms were bland, the fried dough was uninteresting, and the fried chicken, their alleged specialty, was decidedly average. Not a good rap sheet for a place dubbed The Chicken Joint.
These guys really need to make their menu more unique and exciting, and follow it up with some better kitchen techniques and cooks. I’m hoping it works out well for these guys, because the owner seemed like a nice fellow. But unless some changes come soon, it’ll be restaurant history…