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No. 92 in the world · November 2026

Li'l Dizzy's Cafe

Esplanade Avenue, Tremé · New Orleans, United States

Southern fried chickenNo. 92
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The one piece to order

Fried chicken, a cup of gumbo and bread pudding

The line to expect: Busy at breakfast and lunch; it moves.

The Baquet family's Creole café; the fried chicken is the order, and Monday means red beans too. In our New Orleans guide.

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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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