Brixton Market, Brixton
Not our normal fare, I’ll grant you, but all the same it meets the criteria and deserves a spot on the blog. Wishbone.. what are we to make of you?
Oh my god! Is that a Fish & Chip shop!
Lewisham High Street, Lewisham
I’m beginning to see why Western Fried Chicken didn’t survive, what with Morley’s and Chicken Cottage (and a KFC for Sundays) on the very same street.
And I was wrong. That’s not a fish & chip shop, it’s just a fish shop. Gotta get your chips from next door.
Schmorley not Morley’s?
Lewisham High Street, Lewisham
Luckily there is still demand in Lewisham, and the Morley’s empire is able to supply. I tip my hat to this familiar site.
Gone but not forgotten…
Lewisham High Street, Lewisham
Oh god. I have no words to describe this. What happened, Western Fried Chicken? Can any one shed light on this? I just don’t understand what could have happened. Supply and demand – is there no longer demand in Lewisham?
YYCN? Pretty yummy.
Battersea Park Road, Battersea
I often wondered why Yummy Chicken decided to highlight the Y, Y, C and N. I can’t think of any good reason, other than it’s a lovely design flourish. Yum!
Dallas Chicken & Ribs & Sideboards
Battersea Park Road, Battersea
Where chicken ends and furniture starts, no one can be quite sure.
Where do you think you’ve been, eh?
All right, all right, stop your hollering, I know it’s been while. Well, more than a while. But it’s ok, I’m back! The chicken shops are still there and they’re even more of a cultural phenomenon than ever. What have we missed? The Chicken Cottage awards, for one thing*..
..and countless odes to chicken..
and even a bona fide documentary on Channel 4 (slightly perturbed by this, to be honest. That’ll teach me for going AWOL)
So now I make a solemn promise to you that I will continue to bring you the chicken shops of South London, and not rest until the quest is complete.
In the words of Logan Mac, how do you want it? I want it fried.
*I haven’t managed to watch all 12 minutes of this.
Chicken Cottaging
South Lambeth Road, Stockwell
Identity Crisis?
South Lambeth Road, Stockwell
Another one I umm-ed and ahh-ed about, but after a quick glance at the window and clientele, it was clear that fried chicken is the focus.
Maybe they just want to stay incognito.
Now you’re talking
Stockwell Road
This is what I like to see: another genuine one-off.
Maybe JJ would like to have a chat sometime.
Southern Fried London 