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No. 48 in the world · November 2026

Bud & Marilyn's

Midtown Village · Philadelphia, United States

Southern fried chickenNo. 48
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The one piece to order

Marilyn's fried chicken (or the Nashville hot) with biscuits and honey butter

The line to expect: Book for dinner.

A Wisconsin supper club in Philadelphia, and Philly Mag's pick among the city's fried chicken.

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Make it at home

Buttermilk Southern fried chicken

Buttermilk Southern fried chicken

Overnight brine, 1 hr to fry · 4 to 6 (one 1.6 kg / 3 1/2 lb chicken). The one most of the chart is built on: chicken soaked overnight in seasoned buttermilk, dredged in peppery flour with a few spoonfuls of the buttermilk worked in for craggy bits, and fried low and slow so it's cooked to the bone with a crust that cracks.

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