CHURCH'S – Restaurant

Bold Southern fast food with a Texas accent, and Tampa keeps four of them scattered across the city. Chicken is hand-battered in store and dropped to order: two-piece leg-and-thigh boxes, eight- and sixteen-piece buckets, tenders by the three or the twenty, boneless wings, and a classic chicken sandwich. Scratch-made honey-butter biscuits are the thing people actually queue for. Sides run mashed potatoes and gravy, coleslaw, fried okra, baked mac and cheese, buttered corn and jalapeno cheese bombers. Apple, pineapple and blueberry cheesecake fried pies finish it. Open seven days a week, delivery and catering, family meals sized for a crowd.

Cuisine: Restaurant