Willie Mae’s Scotch House in New Orleans claims to have America’s best fried chicken. That’s an ambitious claim… but we agree.
Our first lunch at Willie Mae’s Scotch House was memorable. We had high expectations as we wandered out of the French Quarter, through Louis Armstrong Park and into New Orleans storied Tremé neighborhood, on our way to the famous fried chicken restaurant.
Although we felt safe walking through the shabby, gentrifying neighborhood filled with corner shops and shotgun shacks, we weren’t sure about our decision to take a two-mile walk for lunch on our last day in New Orleans.
We reminded ourselves that this is what we do when we travel… We walk and eat and then walk and eat some more in an ongoing quest to find the best food in the world.
Lunch At Willie Mae’s Scotch House
Situated in an unadorned corner building with a green a white striped hooded awining, the restaurant blends seamlessly into the neighborhood with the exception of an inevitable line of eager diners that curls around the corner during lunch most days. Though we somehow missed the queue during our first visit, we got the full experience during our second visit.