White Fence Farms

I want to give it 3.5 but here goes, I ordered a 3pc meal, thigh, breast, wing, sides of mashed potatoes and Mac n cheese TO GO. The chicken was cooked fresh not covered in batter and fried just right, however there is no seasoning so it’s just plain fried chicken, could use a Little salt or a sprinkle of garlic salt after it comes out of the fryer. The mashed potatoes and gravy were excellent. The Mac N Cheese was a little disappointing, too much cheese sauce and softened up the noodle too much. The store was clean and the staff was great, the food was ready quickly

As a fan of the original restaurant on Jewell, I had to try this smaller location out. If you’ve ever visited the To-​Go area at the Jewell location, the GVR location resembles that. Don’t expect the full serve restaurant, they do have limited seating but it’s a great atmosphere. The staff is amazing and very friendly. I haven’t tried too many of the sides other than the pickled beets and cole slaw, both awesome. If you are looking to get a quick bite or swing by for take out, this is your place. Nicely hidden at the end of a shopping center, they haven’t put all of their signs up but definitely look for this location.

The bottom line is that the fried chicken, the star of the White Fence Farm show, is a 5 star item, everything else not so much. Why else would anybody be going here other than fried chicken anyway? I just happened to be out in that far Eastern part of Aurora North of I-​70 for business. Breakfast is a distant memory from 6 hours before. I can’t even stand the thought of the usual chain burger places that I seem to be surrounded by. As I sit in the First Bank parking lot scanning Unilocal reviews for good local lunch places I glance across the street and see White Fence Farms. I have never been to the original White Fence Farms but I know it by reputation from my wife and friends. Why not give it a shot? The newly opened (3 months old?) place is in a very small corner of a strip mall. I would guess it’s 20 seats max and very plain, bare and simple. If you have a large party I would recommend getting your order to go. The menu is pretty stark with a few different options on various size orders of chicken and a small handful of sides. I get the three piece dinner combo with 2 sides, beets and bean salad, and a drink. The 2 guys who are working there are super nice and get my order ready and served to my little 2 person table in 7 or 8 minutes after they had served the couple that had gotten there just before me. The first great thing I notice is that I have a wing, a breast and another piece (sorry I don’t remember but not a thigh). If somebody orders a 3 piece chicken dinner I always feel a breast should be part of it (read my Popeye’s review). I like dark meat but there should be a mix of white and dark, IMHO. It is not coated ¼ inch out with a grease soaked flour crust like so many chains but a lightly battered chicken skin with a little flour, buttermilk and a few spices. I can actually see the chicken skin through the light coating. The all natural Red Bird chicken inside is steaming hot and juicy without being pumped full of the solution that is common with so much chicken. On the first bite I am hooked. I sprinkle on a little salt and a tiny amount of hot sauce to suit my personal taste. I devour it down to until I am just gnawing on bare bones. Good stuff Maynard. This is the best restaurant chicken I have eaten in this century and in this state. I have had as good or better home-​made but that’s not what this is about. The beets were okay and bean salad was actually pretty good but only tiny amounts in little soufflé cups. For what it’s worth 40 years ago when I was 16 my second hourly paid job was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken, a place I now avoid if possible and maybe eat at once a decade. The employees said they are planning on building a few more of these across the Denver metro so maybe, if I’m lucky, one will show up near my home soon.

This little take-​out spot has just a small menu including fried chicken and family dinners. They also have some brownies, cookies and nice looking pies in the case up front.
We ordered the farmhand pack with 8 pieces of chicken, biscuits and sides of mac & cheese and mashed potatoes & gravy. The chicken was okay but a little on the greasy side. The sides were terrible (powdered mashed potatoes, too salty gravy and bad mac & cheese).
It was a 1 – 2 star meal but I added a star because of the fast and friendly service and the fact that they’ve only been open a month. Since I have another groupon, well try it again to see if they improve.

Okay, so I must first admit I am not accustomed to traditional American dishes like Mac and cheese. I love the mac-​n-​cheese at Noodles and company, but I am not a mac-​n-​cheese connoisseur, whatsoever. With that being said, please understand I am rating for taste and my own personal opinions about my experience.
This place is NOT the original farm, nor is the even size even similar to the farm. This is a small, take-​out restaurant filled with a choice of about five tables to sit at. I do have to commend their service, it wasn’t busy at all and the cashier/​order hostess was very courteous and helpful. Overall, the service was great.
I ordered the three piece chicken meal that includes two sides and a drink. I chose the biscuit with honey butter and the mac-​n-​cheese. I may have inadvertently let the biscuit air out, because it was not warm and was stiff, I could barely spread the butter on it. One could taste the honey in the bjtter, so that was good on my spare bread I had at home. As for the mac-​n-​cheese, the noodles were overcooked to my liking, and had a lot of paremesean cheese in it, I wasn’t too much of a fan.
Now for the meat! I loved the crispy, thin batter (buttermilk-​like) coating on the fried chicken. You could tell that the oil amd chicke was fresh, they were really large-​sized fried chickens. The great part about it was that it wasn’t as greasy as your typical KFC/Popeye’s restaurants. The only super drawback was that it was pretty salty to eat it like a purist. I had to dip it in a honey mustard, because the «hot sauce» was practically buffalo/Frank’s Red Hot sauce. I am planning to give try this again, but next time it’ll be on my terms! Oh yeah, for those of you who love the fritters that they have at the FARM, they too, will be serving the fritters at this location. Happy eating!