If you've lived in Champaign long enough, you'll see a lot of familiar faces running the place in the front and in the back. That's were the familiarity ends, because the menu offerings are a breath of fresh air to this town that was suffering from an homogenization of cuisines.
We ordered the Nashville hot chicken: The batter was flavorful, crunchy and thick, while the chicken inside was moist and steamy. To top it off we got some of Shade's pickles, which I knew were not going to let us down.