Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken

Working in Heath today feeling hamburgered out. A couple of co workers have told me about Lee’s famous recipe chicken. When I heard they serve chicken livers I was like yep I’ll go try it. Now I’m a big guy with a big appetite so I thought I would have no problem tackling a large order of chicken livers… I was wrong ! Let’s start with the livers. Lightly breaded with just enough crunch to let you know it was there and still letting the livers shine through. Some people may think chicken livers are a simple thing to cook but there is a fine line between being under done and being hard and rubbery. Lee’s managed that tightrope expertly. The livers were cooked perfectly and tender enough to melt in your mouth. The biscuts which I assume were buttermilk were amazing. Lee’s made a believer out of me today. One word of advice the large order will feed two.

My mother went thru here today to get my nephew a kids meal (he’s 3). He got fruit punch and when we got home we went to fill the cup up with something else and THERE WERE ANTS crawling around and floating in the cup! This was freaking horrifying! My nephew had drank almost the whole thing at that point! We called and the person who answered didn’t seem to think this was any big deal, he said it was probably from the sugar in the drink – DUH! Doesn’t matter, someone fills that cup and puts a lid on it! If they miss ants crawling all over in a cup what else are they missing?! If they don’t have the cleanliness to discover ants in their drinks or cups what else isn’t clean?! And most important, if they don’t CARE that they served a child an infested drink what else don’t they care about and are serving you?!. We were offered another meal, but get real! We’ll never come back here. If the person on the other end had been remotely affected, horrified or expressed any sincerity at the problem maybe I wouldn’t be writing this, but the reality is we were offered excuses «it must’ve been busy» and apathy. And considering this place is generally pretty dead there’s no excuse for any uncleanliness, as the employees have plenty of time to clean and stock and recheck things. I’ve worked in the food industry off and on over the years and this is unacceptable on both a commercial, hospitality and human level.

For real, I’m in love with lees chicken spicy chicken strips. Sometimes the service is slow, but the food is always fresh. It’s not the nicest, but it’s a fried chicken joint. Anytime they’ve messed up, they more than made it right.

I have to say, I was very excited when I found out my route was going to take me past a Lee’s during lunchtime. Their quality, meaty, not too greasy great chicken flavor fried chicken is my favorite! I was even more excited when I saw the fried gizzards on the menu! My excitement however went downhill from there. When my gizzards came out they were soggy and drenched in oil. I had them fry them a little longer and then they were nice and crispy, but still drenched in oil, so much so that they were not very appetizing. I ordered a drumstick and the combo, with one spicy and one famous recipe. The spice was hardly detectable, as was any flavor, but it did have a nice crispy exterior. The flavor of the meat itself was a little off. My famous recipe thigh was worse. The flavor of the meat was very off, and very greasy and fatty like it hadn’t been trimmed properly. I couldn’t finish the thigh or the gizzards, so I threw them out. I hope this was an off day for them as I so love this place and hope to have a positive visit sometime down the road.