Highland Fried

This post requires some back story.  Way back in the day, our friends lived in Inman before we did.  We would come visit them a lot, because obviously, Inman is the place to be!  One of our rituals was going rock climbing, grabbing dinner, and hanging out at their apartment.  Back in the day we used to do a lot of takeout and embarrassingly enough, one of our go-tos was the KaTaco (the fabulous merger of KFC and Taco Bell.)  We totally knew it was gross but it is hard to resist fried chicken and tacos.  Eventually we upgraded to burritos at Ole Cito but nothing ever replaced the fried chicken when the KaTaco was demolished (sadly but thankfully) to make room for new apartments (the corner is so much classier now) until recently when Highland Fried opened.

Highland Fried took the place of East Coast Grille, which enjoyed a short lived second life, and is owned by the same people that own Highland Kitchen in Somerville (and who owned the second ECG.)  When I heard about this change I activated our emergency information system (texting JO) to share the great news.  JO was super excited because not only would there be awesome fried chicken and sides, but the menu had great variety and a great price point (plus, bonus, they do take out!)

The first chance we had, we headed over.  We were a bit worried that we had set the bar too high and would be disappointed, but we definitely weren't!  The chicken is delicious, the sides are scrumptious (the mac and cheese and baked beans are dreamy), and the prices are great.  We've been there twice and gotten take out twice and we're real happy!