Southern

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St. Louis, your wait for top rated, Nashville style, Hot Fried Chicken restaurants is over. "Southern" is Chef Rick Lewis’ newest restaurant venture in partnership with Mike Emerson of Pappy's Smokehouse, which is located right next door. We are a Southern style, fast-casual restaurant that offers Southern home-style cooking in Midtown St. Louis. Our Southern inspired menu consists of various Louisiana deli influenced sandwiches, snack items, and Nashville style, Hot Fried Chicken that you simply can't compare to the Southern fried chicken at other St. Louis restaurants. Many other fried chicken restaurants in St. Louis offer the usual, heavy battered, Southern style fried chicken. Our Nashville hot style is different, and is the very best for a reason. We use a multi-step process to prepare our restaurants chicken with flavorful spices, a light crust, and various levels of heat. Our St. Louis version of Nashville hot fried chicken comes in 4 styles: Original is for those not wanting any heat but a lot of flavor. The mild is just hot enough for most people. Our General Tso’s tastes similar to the hot wings you'll find at oriental St. Louis restaurants. The Cluckin' Hot kicks up the heat quite a bit more than the Mild. Our Nashville Hot Chicken, as it’s more commonly called, is first marinated so it will be moist and juicy, seasoned with special spices, fried golden brown, and finally sauced in the style you prefer. Unlike your typical buffalo hot sauce found at many St. Louis restaurants, Nashville-style sauce involves using spices and chili oil for a more flavorful heat. Therein lies the secret to making ours the very best "Southern" fried chicken among St. Louis restaurants. Nashville Hot Chicken is available by the piece or by the plate with two sides and bread. Looking for a different kind of deli restaurant? Southern provides St. Louis diners some of the best deli sandwiches such as The Cubano and Hog Father. Southern also offers some Louisiana inspired special deli sandwiches like The Dirty South, made with lots of thick bacon, and our Fried Green Tomato Po 'boy. The Gobbler deli sandwich with fresh smoked turkey and dress'n is a Southern favorite that's almost like eating Thanksgiving dinner. For the kid in you, try our adult version of a St. Louis deli oldie, a Fried Bologna sandwich, only now it comes with pimento cheese and farm fresh egg on top. Give Southern a try and you will taste for yourself why it is among the best deli and hot fried chicken restaurants in St. Louis!