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| - I first discovered Mary Brown's almost 20 years ago on Queen Street in Streetsville (Mississauga) when I used to work up that way. It was in a strip mall and a small place. It wasn't fancy or well known at least to me at the time but it stuck with me for all those years.
Fast forward to this last summer when a group of friends had a picnic in High Park and one of our group brought Mary Brown's as his contribution and I was like... damn son that's something that brings back memories. Now I've always known Mary Brown's was around but it wasn't something I would thought of and wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to get because well it was one of those out of sight out of mind situations.
KFC which I've sort of gladly fallen out of love with quite a few years back has partly to do with my wife in the fact that she hates them. She had a bad experience decades ago and hasn't eaten at KFC since. Still, I've had my fair share of going to KFC a year here or there but very occasionally. Together we are more partial to Popeye's as far as take out fried chicken is concerned. They are more available sure and they're better IMO than KFC by a long shot although I still don't get it why there's no Cajun Sparkle to be had in Canada.
Not only until I somehow noticed that there was a Mary Brown's not far from my home was my love for them rekindled. I mean I love fried chicken. I can't say it's my absolute favorite meal since I have so many that I like but it's right up there for me. The store I'm referring to is at the north east corner of Eglinton and Dixie connected to a gas station. While this area is literally saturated with places to eat, this one is well tucked away although it faces the street, it's very inconspicuous being such a small foot print in this very busy area right across the street from one of if not the busiest post offices in the country (Gateway).
On my way home one evening I decided to grab us some dinner and because I haven't been in forever I had no idea how the menu was going to be as far as sizes, prices etc. I needed a few minutes to go over the options but I wasn't pressured since the place wasn't that busy. I had tried to go to this place several times before but they seem to close at 7pm most evenings and on the May long weekend even though I went before 7pm there was a sign on the door saying they'd be closed Sunday and Monday (insert sad face emoji).
I was happy that I'd finally get to order, it was a good feeling like then you go to the mall and you don't have to drive around for 10 minutes looking for a parking spot or like getting on the subway and finding a seat or getting green lights all the way home. It felt like it was my lucky day...
I went with the 8 piece meal which included 1 medium side salad and choice of fries or taters etc. I went with the taters (yum) and a macaroni salad and gravy. I had asked about the breakdown of the pieces because some places if you don't ask I've found in my life will try to give you an imbalanced meal of only dark meat. My wife doesn't like dark meat which is fine because I'll eat any pieces but true enough, breasts are bigger than thighs and drumsticks so it's also about value. That and she only really prefers the wings. She's got perma dibs on those pieces. It was explained that the 8 pieces would be 2 thighs, 2 drums, 2 wings, 2 breast pieces. That's perfect, basically an entire chicken EVEN. The meal came out to about 27 bucks with tax.
I'm only about a 10 minute drive home and when I got home the plates came out right away. The chicken is nicely cooked, juicy, and fresh. The pieces were decently sized, not necessarily huge but not tiny either. The taters are amazing. I love these potatos... they're sort of coated so they're thick but also not bland. Their gravy is brown, sort of like what could be considered "beef" gravy as opposed to white "chicken" gravy. Either way their gravy is awesome with their potatoes and chicken. I found this is good value considering Popeye's for about the same meal is about 10 bucks more. Mary Brown's may not be Halal (I'm not sure) but for us it doesn't matter. I'd say it's way better than KFC by far and sort of reminds me of Bojangles which we don't have here in Canada.
Either way I really ike Mary Brown's and I'm happy they are close to where I live so I can go back more often. The value is good, the quality is good and the chicken is great!
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