Tucked alongside a gas station on Whyte Hardee Boulevard in Hardeeville, South Carolina, Chicken Lick’n is the kind of place that stops road-trippers dead in their tracks. With a 4.3-star rating from nearly 2,000 reviews, this no-frills soul food counter-serve spot has earned a serious reputation for Southern cooking that hits different.
People from Rock Hill, Virginia, Florida, and beyond make it a point to pull off the highway just to taste what all the buzz is about. Once you try it, you will understand exactly why.
The Fried Chicken That Started It All
Some fried chicken is just food. Then there is Chicken Lick’n’s fried chicken, which reviewers describe as juicy, tender, crispy, and seasoned so well it practically speaks for itself.
One regular visitor said she and her family stop every single year on their way to Florida just to get a box…