Beasley’s Chicken + Honey

So its a mid afternoon on the day we leave Raleigh North Carolina. We drive past NC State then headed straight towards Beasley’s Chicken + Honey, One of Ashley Christensen’s restaurants. As we pulled up 10 minutes before it opened a line had already formed outside the door. Luckily we were able to get a seat at the bar. I took a good look at the menu before I decided to get the classic chicken sandwich with a side of mac and cheese. After ordering, I thought about the criteria I would follow while rating this. I wanted to judge hard on the crunch on the batter used but also on the chicken, obviously. It came to us quickly, about 5 mins. Before I talk about what this master piece looked like let me explain the restaurant. It was a very modern southern style restaurant. Focused mainly on tourists and millennials living in Raleigh. Like seriously, if you want to see some hard core millennials go to this place because it literally like a zoo. Ooooooo as you can see here it is the coffee shop millennial with a beanie, clear glasses with no prescription, and a nice bow tie. All jokes aside though, millennials are woke as heck and have good style so all the power to them. Now to the main event, the sandwich. It had a nice sweet southern bun, lettuce, tangy honey sauce, and a large piece of perfectly fried chicken. The Mac and cheese looked just amazing. A huge square of white cheddar Mac nothing more to say. I placed my fingers on the buns and lifted the piece of art into my mouth. I sinked my teeth into a light fluffy bun which continued into a crisp like no other. It was a crisp that sounded like stepping on a thin piece of ice and my lord that was just the lettuce. The Chicken in sandwich was absolutely outstanding. The fry was perfect, It’s hard to explain with words to describe the sensation I felt biting into the chicken. It had a medium layer of batter that was complimented by the most moist piece of chicken a human could ask for. The chicken flaked away inside my mouth bursting with flavor. On the menu there is a spicy chicken sandwich which is made with Carolina reaper pepper (the hottest pepper in the world). I showed a big interest in it but didn’t get it so the bar tender went and got me a little kettle of the sauce they marinade the fried chicken in. I immediately tried it and IT WAS AMAZING! It was pretty hot but bearable. To help me with the heat I ate my Mac and cheese. It was a perfect Mac and cheese that is probably the best I have had, sorry mom.

Over all Beasley’s Chicken + Honey gets a 9.1 out of ten. I left with no complaints expect I don’t think I could go here for dinner because of the tables and chairs. Definitely a lunch place mainly. Over all though this place was amazing and would 100% recommend.

A review by Miles Olivetti