If you were to ask someone, “What is the most Southern food?” a likely response might be “fried chicken.” So it’s no wonder that literally all of the famous fast food fried chicken spots you know and love (KFC, Popeye’s, Church’s, Raising Cane’s, and Zaxby’s, to name a few) were started in the South. But hiding down on Mobile Bay is something better than any of those brands, and just like the Piggly Wiggly, MoonPie, or Cheerwine, it has a name you won’t soon forget.
If you’re ever road tripping in Alabama, you have to swing by a Foosackly’s drive-thru for chicken fingers, fries, sweet tea, and homemade sauces that are better than any national chain’s. Like their motto says, “You can’t fake the Foo.”
Meet Foosackly’s
Foosackly’s, or the Foo, as Mobilians call it, was founded in 2000 by Will Fusaiotti and Eric Brechtel, two college buddies who went to LSU together. What started as a small chicken finger joint on University Boulevard in Mobile would turn into 16 locations across Alabama and nearby on the Gulf Coast in Pensacola over the next 25 years. And it’s still growing: A location in the greater Birmingham area is coming soon, and as a Mobile native living in Birmingham, I couldn’t be more excited.
There are a few things we Mobilians don’t ever shut up about. First, that Mardi Gras started in Mobile, not New Orleans. Second, that our own lingo (it’s a wharf, not a pier; it’s a hugger, not a koozie; and it’s an ice chest, not a cooler) is somehow better than the way people speak in the rest of the country. And third, that Foosackly’s trumps any chicken tenders anywhere (and it’ll cure any hangover, not that I know from personal experience).
What Makes Foosackly’s So Special?
To make it almost three decades in business, the product has got to be good. At Foosackly’s, every menu item is made from scratch…