Brown’s Chicken

Food here is awful. Bought a hotdog that seemed like a year old. So stiff that you can knock out someone. Took it back and the lady told me that she can make anotherone but that it will be the same. The alleged Italian beef was so nasty that I couldn’t eat it. At least they got the sodas right. In a scale of 1 to 5 I give them a minus 100. Not recomended.

Why isn’t there an option for NO stars?
My husband bought some lunch here two years ago and found a roach in the chicken. Horrible. Will NEVER eat here. Ever.

Ordered pick up catering from here 05÷09÷15 for my baby shower. The husband and I arrived a little early than the promised time expecting to wait. NOPE. The order (VERY large consisting of 200 pcs of chicken, 2 lrg trays of mostacoli, and 2 lrg trays of italian beef) was well packaged and ready to be brought out to our car.
When ordering on a non-​catering basis, staff have always been nice here. Orders have always been right. No complaints.
If interested in catering, this Brown’s location is on point

If I could give no stars I would. I can’t believe I just paid actual money for a smashed bbq pork sandwich on what looked like was a hawiaan bread bun. There is never anybody in this place that should have been a sign not to stop.

This was a disappointing Brown’s chicken. The food and service both were pretty disappointing.

Use to like the beef, not today very salty. 5 employees looking at me and no one says hi can i help you until the mgr said. Very dirty and not pleasant. Think undercover boss may need to check out or food inspectors.

Nice place, guy was friendly and service was quick as it was a catering order. He has this cool little train model set up to go around, but it is on a table and… that is it. Kinda seems out of place. On the corner so easy access.

Unbelievable! Avoid this location whatever you do! My family likes their chicken — when you can get it! Just left there, girl at counter says we have no chicken, sorry, it will be at least 20 minutes. This is the THIRD TIME in the last couple of monthes, they either had no chicken ready or they had to substitute pieces for other pieces. («outta wings right now, outta breasts right now») They absolutely don’t know what they’re doing! Like going into McDonald’s and them saying ‘outta hamburgers right now!’ Ridiculous for 6:30 in the evening! I told them they’ll probably go out of business soon and they deserve it. No chicken — No business! After all, they are suppose to be Brown’s CHICKEN!!! Will try Broasted Chicken place down the street on Lawrence– bet they have chicken –after all that’s what their sign says!

The food is not consistent. I had an Italian beef last week, best I’ve had in a long time. It had the right amount of wetness, the right amount of flavor in the meat, a nice portion of bread, and the hot peppers were fantastic.
I had it again the very next day for lunch. Totally different. The first one had been wrapped in paper and served in a plastic bag, the second one was just wrapped in paper, and was clearly made by another worker.
The bread was tiny, they barely put any liquid on it, and the meat portion was skimpy. They forgot the peppers.
The biscuits were not that great, when they had been really good a couple years ago. The onion rings were greasy. The battered mushrooms had no flavor. The corn fritters were pure dessert.
The mostaccoli was plain, and the meatballs taste like feetballs. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible!
I had another Italian beef, and once again, it was different than the first two.

Chicken was dry, the mac and cheese didn’t even have flavor. First and last time I’ll ever go there for lunch.

Dreadful and depressing. First and last visit.

Blech. Brown’s is easily now my least favorite fried chicken spot. We live super close and decided to give it a whirl. Never again!
The chicken wings in our 8 piece box were puny and fried beyond recognition. The breasts were dry. The mac and cheese was spiral pasta covered in watery cheese soup.
The employees were surly.
Never ever again!

LOVE LOVE LOVE Brown’s chicken! KFC doesn’t come close!!!
This is the closest one near me… A little out of the way, but it’s worth it. I havn’t had it in YEARS, because the one by me in des plaines closed down years ago. I usually get the 2 piece (breast and wing, even though I hate dark meat, i give the wing to my dad, he loves his dark meat!) with 2 sides, coleslaw is good, and fries are portillos like, which are excellent! Sadly they don’t have corn on the cob anymore, which used to be the best part!
I have tried the chicken strips too, and they were very light in color, and not very crispy, maybe a little undercooked? I think I will always stick with the breast, yum!
My dad has had the italian beef sandwich, and he said it was pretty good… but let’s be honest here, this is a chicken place!
I think this weekend, since i’m a daddy’s girl, I will ask him to pick it up for me again :)

I went to this Brown’s back on August 25, 2010. I ordered a leg and a thigh, a biscuit, and a couple corn frittters. I ate there and then I got on the nearby Blue Line train in Jefferson Park. The food apparently didn’t sit right because by the time the train got to Logan Square, I felt sick. My stomach was rumbling and I had the cold sweats. I live near the Racine Blue Line stop and my plan was to get off there, go home, and go to the bathroom. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hold it for that long and I had to get off at the Washington stop. I wanted to find the nearest bathroom, so I went to the now closed Borders store at State and Randolph. Unfortunately, there was very little toilet paper in their bathroom, so I left Borders and went next door to Argo Tea. Luckily, their bathroom was cleaner, quieter, and there was plenty of toilet paper.
Needless to say, I haven’t eaten at a Brown’s Chicken since that terrible day. However, I’m thinking about giving Brown’s another chance eventually. I liked their chicken when I was younger, but it’s not quite as good now as it was back then. If I eat from Brown’s again, I’ll go to a different location than this one and take the food to go.

Smells like urine when you first enter the restaurant, yet strangely the bathroom does not smell bad. Meat was really bad and I suspect expired. I’m sure they must be violating some health code!

Decent fast food with apathetic staff, oily floors, and dirty tables.

Growing up my family used to go to Brown’s Chicken over KFC or Popeyes. It’s good. At least that is what I remembered.
I’ve catered from them a couple times, and I thought it was a good deal, and good food. No complaints.
My husband and I were talking about going here to try it out. It’s seriously been «Many a Moon» since we went into one and ate. (besides catering once or twice from there).
Mehhh…wasn’t to impressed. I got a 2 piece chicken dinner with mashed and pasta (yeah, I was in the mood for both). Potato’s not as good as I remember. Still like KFC’s better. Past is good though, so I enjoyed that. Hubby and daughter had sandwiches which looked good and they said were decent. We really liked the crispy fries… onion ring puffs or whatever they were… are gross!
I think it’s nice that they have a BIG array of other food like beef, sausage, hot dogs etc… BUT, because of this, I think the quality of their chicken has gone down. I wasn’t as thrilled with it as I once was.
I would go back for the pasta and beef and fries, but chicken would probably be lower on my favorites from here. I haven’t had MOST of what is on their extensive menu. (although the big menu was enticing).
Interior dining area was kinda cold, and multiple tables were not wiped off and looked sticky and crummy. Kinda turned me off. Wasn’t to thrilled with the lack luster help behind the desk either. They all looked like they hated their job and this one older lady who worked back there… kept looked at us while we ordered and wouldn’t take her eyes off us. She looked like in her head she was thinking all sorts of weird things about us or something. cause she wouldn’t stop staring. kinda weirded me out.

This is my favorite fried chicken. Surprised? I’ll tell you why. The chicken is always very large, they use the nicest biggest chickens compared to the other chains. The crust is a buttermilk batter, crispy, this is the absolute best cold eating chicken I have tried. The flavoring is very mild, it has just enough salt but no pepper or other flavoring, just chicken. It is usually not that greasy tasting because of the type of vegetable oil they use (I believe it is cottonseed oil). This is my reference chicken, its definitely deep fried not pan fried, but because of its mild unseasoned flavor and lack of crunch softening grease, its the chicken you can keep on eating without getting tired of. Sure cola drinks don’t stand out as much as say a Bloody Mary or fancy cocktails, but what do you end up drinking more often? That plus delicious fried mushrooms rank this place as number one on the chicken list.
This review goes for all Browns Chickens everywhere. This is one of the few locations located in the Chicago. Most Brown’s Chickens are franchised, so they have their own little quirks, overall the chicken is usually the same, although there is variation on the fried mushroom recipe sometimes. The biscuits and mashed potato’s and plain light gravy are not standouts (the Colonal still rules the side dish dept.). The pasta is ok, if only for catering purposes, Browns does big big catering business in Chicago. The Italian beef is surprisingly good, and the Chicago inspired street foods are decent but average.
There is a Brown’s Chicken Express in Chicago on Pulaski and Montrose, I have a seperate review for that location, I did not want to put it on the chicken rankings since Brown’s would have a double entry.