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    Pollo Campero

    2.6 (41 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Edgar V.

    This was another stop on my search for great fried chicken after a recent talk thread brought it to my attention. Seeing that I wanted a repeat visit at La Paletera for a new flavor afterwards, I headed to the Gulfton location and was richly rewarded. Brightly colored outside and inside in yellows and oranges, the format is very much like your standard KFC chain store. Menus are in both English and Spanish - and I like to practice my rusty college Spanish skills by reading the menu en Espanol. Notice I said "read" - after a bit of a debacle using my high school French in Montreal, I've been hesitant in trotting out the blunt instrument of my foreign languages skills. (Okay, my accent was laughingly called "country bumpkin" or whatever the translated words are in French. I'm not saying it for you. I'm traumatized enough.) I ordered the 2-piece meal ($4.99) which consists of a leg and thigh. A breast substitution will cost 80 cents more and I swapped out the thigh for it. It comes with a choice of 2 tortillas, a dinner roll, or a biscuit, along with one side. Having read up on the options, I knew I wanted to sample the starchy yucca fries. The young lady then asked if I'd like the tortillas or the dinner roll - no mention of the biscuit. Strange but I didn't bother pressing her on the missing option. Choosing the dinner roll, I was disheartened when she reached behind her to an open box of pre-bagged dinner rolls and slapped one on the tray. Nothing says "love" like a pre-bagged dinner roll, right? But, my heart rose up from the floor when she placed the chicken pieces on the tray: golden brown with crispy skin, they urged me to hurry up and find a seat to start eating. A salsa bar stocked with diced onions, limes, pico de gallo, a tomatillo sauce, and a roja mocajete allowed you to choose your accompaniment. Ketchup was banned to a separate counter but available. The pico de gallo was fresh and tasty with mouthfuls of the moist chicken - the roja mocajete sauce was a better salve for the crisped skin instead of ketchup, which I quickly removed from my tray. The chicken was really quite lovely - crisped skin but significantly less greasy than normal fried chicken due to its special rotisserie recipe. The meat was flavorful and juicy - the breast meat was a shade of white which was disturbing for its luminosity but also made for some really good eating. All in all, some really good fried chicken. The yucca fries were surprisingly good, too; dipped in the red sauce and ketchup in turn, it was good either way to have your fries "exotic" or "traditional". This gustatory Latin American trip turned out to be a satisfying discovery of Guatemalan-style fried chicken without a Brazilian churrascaria-style price. Granted, the store layout screams chain fast food but the food whispers "special fried chicken" but it's the food voice you should listen to and follow. If you have another voice telling you to do other things, I'd suggest putting them on hold. At least, until after the fried chicken. More importantly, after I put some distance from you. Another 3.5 star example.

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    The fried chicken was delicious! I also liked the corn salad and sweet plantains. Looking forward to trying more things there.

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    My first time at this location. Very impressed…read more The customer service was really great and the food is spectacular! Not only my food came out hot, but you can taste the fresh ingredients. They have a lunch special going on right now that starts at $9.99 which is really worth it. All together (including the free bread for first visit with the app) it was $14. Would definitely recommend!

    Was happy to hear that a Nando's opened up close by as I had seen their booths at multiple food…read morefestivals around town. Really nice and bright decorated restaurant with lots of menu options. They offer a daily small Happy Hour, a decent rewards loyalty program for frequent customers and their Sauces!! Which I may add are available for purchase and I might have a few flavors at home.......shout out to the Medium Garlic! They offer parking in both the front & back and a semi shaded small side patio. A few small changes that I have noticed since their opening: they no longer offer lunch portions/specials and sadly the Rainbow Bowls no longer come with turmeric cauliflower Oddly, as many times that I have visited, I am either the only one there or at most, 1 of 3 people max. Hopefully it's just the early afternoon time of day I always seem to stop in because I would really like this place to stick around. And as much as I enjoy a good rewards program, their scanner has never worked once since initially joining so I have to manually input my receipt barcode into the app. Not a big deal but I haven't redeemed any rewards yet either so hopefully that will be a smooth process. And if I may end on a suggestion, Please lower the music by 2 levels. I have to put my noise canceling AirPods in every time because it's just a tad too loud and distracting to hold a convo. Other than that, Welcome to the 'Strose Nando's!

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    When driving a while is not too onerous, we'll skip the closer Detroit pizza places and come here…read more It's farther and more of a chore, but the pizza makes it worth it. All components are of very high quality, especially notable is the cheese. They care more about the food and it tastes like it. That special crispy cheese on the edges is always so well done. We always order an extra couple of pies to have as leftovers because Detroit style pizzas reheat better than any other type. In summary, this Detroit pizza is worth driving for because it's truly the best.

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