Birdies in a Bun serves the chicken on a brioche bun with crispy pickles, fresh coleslaw, Birdies’ special sauce and Birdies signature fries. The Parsippany location is on New Road, not far from Route 46 eastbound. 'Six months later we opened the shutters to become New York City's First and Best Halal Hot Chicken in August of 2021,' Mustafa said, referring to the 2021 review on, which gave their hot chicken a 9.5 out of 10. They turned their home kitchen into a lab and tested recipes. Two and a half years ago, Birdies owner Moon Mustafa and his wife, Sara, were on a hunt for, as Moon said: 'the (most) fresh, flavorful and juicy chicken sandwich in the tri-state.' Here's where to find hot chicken in New Jersey. There are even accounts of Nashville hot chicken's popularity Down Under.īut no worries, you don't need to travel that far.

Whatever the reason, it is gaining national and even international acclaim. Its wide appeal led to the festival, and given Nashville's popularity, provided the critical mass.

In the article, Purcell added it is not 'boring chicken.' Spicy chicken appeals to food lovers across racial and socio-economic lines.

4, 2019, Purcell said that hot chicken might be Nashville's 'only indigenous food.' Southern writer Rachel Martin ascribes its recent rise in popularity to a hot chicken festival founded by then Mayor Bill Purcell, first held in Nashville in 2007, which has since grown each year in popularity.

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