Sometimes the most unassuming places hide the most extraordinary flavors, and Stroud’s Oak Ridge Manor in Kansas City is the living, breathing, chicken-frying proof of this timeless truth.
In a world of fancy fusion and deconstructed dishes served on slabs of wood instead of plates, there’s something profoundly comforting about a place that simply says, “We’re going to do one thing, and we’re going to do it better than anyone else.”
That one thing? Fried chicken that will make you question every other fried chicken you’ve ever eaten.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves…