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The Crack Shack
American
The original Crack Shack is a counter-service fried chicken spot on Kettner, built around an outdoor courtyard with picnic tables, lawn games, and the general mood of a backyard cookout run by someone with a spreadsheet. You order sandwiches, bone-in trays, or a bowl for the one friend who's being good, and everything involves pasture-raised chicken. It's casual, loud, and fine in flip-flops.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Approved
- Eater The Best Restaurants for Lunch in San Diego
- San Diego Magazine Best Chain Restaurant · The Best Restaurants in San Diego
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Fried chicken
“serves an all-day menu of chicken and egg-based dishes–including fried chicken, chicken sandwiches and deviled eggs”
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Firebird
“The Firebird, a standout from the sandwich lineup, comes with spicy fried Jidori thigh, cool ranch, crispy onions, and pickles on a potato roll.”
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Coop Deville
“The Coop Deville is just as good, layering a fried Jidori chicken breast with pickled Fresno chiles, pickles, lime mayonnaise, and napa cabbage on brioche.”
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Bone-in Jidori fried chicken
Eater
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