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| - When you go to 3 different places within 2 hours and you have 3 fried chicken sandwiches back to back to back and this place had the best one... maybe you'll get it.
Even if I didn't have portions of 4 different sandwiches at 3 different places it wouldn't have really mattered. Each place was a reset each time. It's hard though when the first place you go to is Kitson & Co and they set the standard by which the other 2 were measured mentally, just saying.
On it's own merits, Kitson is dare I say it, a "hidden gem" but in plain sight so not so hidden just not as conspicuous. On a very busy street and cross street with a street car and bus route passing by you'd think that being on a busy corner would be sort of good exposure. Well the street coming down is Dufferin at a tunnel with a mini concrete parkette across the street near the UPX overpass (GO, whatever) at the corner of a condo is Kitson & Co built into this glass tower condo complex.
The layout of the interior upon my first impression was sort of awkward. They only have bar seating along the perimeter of the outward facing window with an upstairs loft type area with the same type of seating facing Queen street but on an upper level sort of thing going on. The stairs leading up go to the kitchen and the stairs leading down go to the rest room. The main floor has the counter where you'd pay as well as a drinks fridge and places to get napkins etc.
Don't be alarmed if you enter and don't see anybody at the front on the main floor as somebody will be down shortly from the upper level. There's a menu on the wall to the left as well as over the counter behind. They don't have the Cuban sandwich anymore so don't contemplate it. You won't get it as they don't have it but they do have some sort of non pressed alternative. For me what caught my eye besides the fried chicken sandwich (that is what we came for) was the triple bacon BLT. Bacon and bacon and bacon or what can be referred to as "B-3" is one winner of a sandwich. If you don't like bacon I don't know you. I don't know anybody that doesn't like it that has no such personal restrictions on the food.
While I'm rather partial to the stack of back bacon on a bun you can get at Carousel the triple bacon BLT at Kitson is pure gold that looks and tastes like bacon but doesn't cost as much as gold would be. At almost 15 bucks it's not a cheap sandwich but it's not cheaply put together either. Multigrain bread with fresh L and T and add on the smoked back bacon, peameal and strip into that stack and what? This sandwich is downright impressive. The quality and care that goes into this what could be considered a simple meal is more complex than on paper. Only a few times in my life have I truly and I mean truly been impressed by a sandwich and this is undeniably one of those times. Bacon x 3 on a perfectly toasted creation, enough said.
On to the fried chicken sandwich... sigh fried chicken. So good, so right and so special. It's my favorite hot and savory go to and that's saying a lot considering how much I just gushed over the bacon. Kitson's fried chicken sandwich is something special. From well battered and cooked juicy pieces of steaming fried chicken, this sandwich topped with extras such as a purple cabbage slaw and fresh slices of jalapeno, there's a balance of hot (spice), crunchy (veggies), hot (heat) crunchy (chicken) and this stack is high to boot. Look at the construction of this sandwich? I mean it was cut in half upon request but OMG this is not just quantity here. Kitson's friend chicken is a blend of those tastes and textures all into one and it has fried chicken. Imagine that if you can and if you could parse out what you think could be improved if anything what you're left with is near perfection.
I have not recently ever since perhaps Shadow Meats Squared in Pioneer Square in Seattle had 2 halves of 2 different sandwiches which just simply put me back in my seat and made me say, 'damn son' because I was impressed, very impressed.
Kitson & Co.'s sandwiches were so good that day I had to return on the weekend with my wife so she could try the bacon sandwich. I ended up ordering something different in the Philly cheese steak. Now I've had cheese steak at Pat's, Jimmy's and Tony Luke's in Philadelphia and I have to say that finally a good representation of what a Philly cheese steak should be is here. Mind you I wasn't 100% sure if they actually used Cheez Whiz because it seemed less salty but the sandwich was steaming HOT. I mean I'd recommend you want minimum 10 minutes before taking the first bite. I may have burnt myself on the first bite because it was so hot. Both provolone and whiz on this so it's cheesy and the kick was some added jalapenos on it. Juicy, hot, melted cheese and besides the jalapenos which I liked nothing else on it that in my opinion official "whiz wit" should have on it.
Top notch place, period.
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