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Hot chicken has been

a thing

in Nashville, Tenn., for some time. The last time I had it, it was so spicy my body spent half the day hunched at a 90-degree angle. Now it’s become

a thing

in Chicago as well, and no place reaches Nashville levels of self-inflicted pain like The Roost Carolina Kitchen. Make no mistake, the hot chicken here is legit hot, but the real revelation is the buttermilk biscuit, which the usual trite superlatives — crisp, buttery, flaky — do not do justice to. They’re

freaking

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incredible.

1467 W. Irving Park Road, 312-261-5564, theroostcarolinakitchen.com