Best Fried Chicken

Joseph's Southern Food is the new mouth of the South. From their cramped, mostly carryout space, partners Joe Johnson and Rick Bousman serve up the very best of Deep South cuisine. They do grill-fired burgers, catfish sandwiches, root-beer floats, fried shrimp, coleslaw, collard greens and cold peach cobbler. But their very best dish is the house-special fried-chicken dinner. Although it takes a little time to prepare, it's totally worth the wait: a three-piece, deep-fried chicken dinner done in a pot with the kind of thick and crispy crust that the Colonel could only dream about, with chunky mashed potatoes, good mac-and-cheese and a cup of sweet tea on ice included in the $8.49 price.