Dixie Chicken

Bought 50 wings and brought them home to only find I had been given 41. I could see being off by 1 or 2, 9? Wing sauce was good, but wings were REALLY REALLY breaded. Not a bad price if you actually get the amount of food ordered. Check your bags.

For what it is, Dixie Chicken is fantastic. The chicken is great. It has a good batter and good crisp to it. It’s better than your national chain chicken, and cheaper too.
The sides are also better than anything you’ll get at Popeye’s or KFC.
This place is comparable to Indi’s. If you like Indi’s, you’ll like Dixie Chicken.
Note that it is takeaway only. Which is fine.

I thought the regular fried chicken was bland. Just because I don’t want spicy chicken doesn’t mean it shouldnt be seasoned. It was crispy and moist but needed salt. The sides were good but small. I had mac & cheese and baked beans. Francos is more expensive but you get big helpings of side dishes. I would go back and try something else but with Francos down the road probably won’t.

Occupying the spot of a former bakery, across from the Walgreen’s at a corner of Dixie Highway and Crums Lane, near the intersection where it’s a complete cluster%$^ with Dixie Highway taking one direction, 7^th Street beginning and Crums Lane attempting to cross both, sits Dixie Chicken. I don’t know if this one is associated with the one that exists at Oak Street nearer to downtown, but I suspect there’s some connection.
Dixie Chicken is strictly carry out. Call in your order or stop by, they usually have their mainstays (fried chicken, spicy or mild, ribs, fresh pulled pork and assorted sides, mac & cheese, greens, yams, etc.) available in a heating table behind glass. They’ll also cook some chicken up fresh if you like.
Compared to some of the other local fried chicken, Dixie’s is really similar to Indi’s. Dixie’s chicken is crispy with a thick, salty batter but I don’t think there’s enough of a striking difference from Indi’s to choose one over the other. It doesn’t help Dixie’s that their location is difficult to get in and out of unless you’re familiar with the area, and they don’t have a drive-​thru. They seem to be doing decent business so I wouldn’t be surprised if they stick around but considering there’s an Indi’s right up the road, I’d likely choose them first.
That is to say, not to say that Dixie’s isn’t fine, it’s just I’d likely not cross the road just to get to this particular chicken.