Some of the best meals in the South come out of tiny buildings with no dining room at all. In Hardeeville, South Carolina, a small shack called Chicken Lickn has people lining up and waiting 20 to 30 minutes for a box of fried chicken.
Road trippers, truckers, and locals all seem to find their way there. Here is what makes the wait worth it, and what you should know before you go.
A Roadside Shack on Whyte Hardee Boulevard
Pull off Interstate 95 near the Georgia line, fill up your tank, and you might smell lunch before you see it. Hardeeville Chicken Lickn sits at 16161 Whyte Hardee Blvd in Hardeeville, South Carolina, right next door to a gas station.
Plenty of first-timers find it exactly that way, by accident…