Huge disappointment. Crudo is one of my favourite restaurants in the city, so I had high hopes making a reservation here. Big mistake.
Throughout the meal, we kept thinking, "We could make this better at home." Everything tasted like it's fried in the same batter. The hoecakes were alright; I was hoping to taste more cornmeal but they were like regular pancakes. The country ham was chewy and kind of... wet? Hard to explain but trust me, it was gross. Fried dilly beans were too battered-coated to really taste the beans. Tasted more like an artificial dill pickle chip flavour. The fried chicken was the biggest let-down of all. Like come on, how can a Southern restaurant not do fried chicken properly? We ordered TN Hot, which even our waitress agreed was more of a medium/mild-wing sauce level of hot. That's not true Tennessee hot chicken. The meat was dry as well. Our side was hush puppies, which just tasted like the batter used in everything else.
Definitely won't return or recommend to anyone.