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No. 59 in the world · November 2026

Joe's Stone Crab

South Pointe · Miami Beach, United States

Southern fried chickenNo. 59
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The one piece to order

The fried chicken ($8.95) next to the stone crabs

The line to expect: No reservations at dinner; take-away next door is the shortcut.

The best-kept order at Miami Beach's most famous restaurant: half a fried chicken that's barely changed in decades.

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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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