Fry the Coop is a fried chicken specialist with multiple locations around Chicago and its suburbs, including this West Town spot. The kitchen runs everything through beef tallow: wings, all-white-meat chicken breast for the sandwiches, tenders, and nuggets, plus double-fried house fries made from Illinois-grown potatoes.
The sandwich lineup includes a Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with house coleslaw and Coop Sauce, a Chicken and Cheese with pickles, and a Spicy Butter version finished with whipped honey butter, all on butter-toasted brioche. Chicken and Waffles pairs tenders with a bacon-and-pearl-sugar waffle, and every fried item comes with a choice of heat level topping out at a ghost pepper-driven "Hot" the restaurant doesn't undersell.
Sides round things out with seasoned white cheddar mac and cheese, cheese fries, potato salad, coleslaw, and sweet-and-spicy bread-and-butter pickles. Regulars point to the chicken sandwiches and the mac and cheese in particular, alongside a cozy, service-forward atmosphere.
The sandwich lineup includes a Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with house coleslaw and Coop Sauce, a Chicken and Cheese with pickles, and a Spicy Butter version finished with whipped honey butter, all on butter-toasted brioche. Chicken and Waffles pairs tenders with a bacon-and-pearl-sugar waffle, and every fried item comes with a choice of heat level topping out at a ghost pepper-driven "Hot" the restaurant doesn't undersell.
Sides round things out with seasoned white cheddar mac and cheese, cheese fries, potato salad, coleslaw, and sweet-and-spicy bread-and-butter pickles. Regulars point to the chicken sandwiches and the mac and cheese in particular, alongside a cozy, service-forward atmosphere.