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Old 10-20-2011, 09:06 AM
 
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In Oct. Reader's Digest, author Rick Bragg dreams up the last meal he'd like to have before he would die happily. He creates his menu from restaurants around the Southeast, and it starts with fried chicken from Gus's.

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Most restaurant chicken is still pink in the thigh, while the breast is cooked to the consistency of a Baptist hymnal. Gus's chicken comes hot enough to burn your fingers and seasoned to singe your tongue, but never too much. The thin crust cracks between your teeth. The flesh on every piece is juicy but done. "They got people," my mother said, "who know."

This article originally appeared in February in Southern Living. Here's the link to it:
Rick Bragg's Southern Journal: My Last Meal - Southern Living
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Memphis,TN
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The original owners in Mason, TN have started franchising Gus's and now have locations Downtown, East Memphis & Wolfchase. The franchisees have to buy the batter from them & everything, top secret. You can barely get in those places during lunch and it is some incredibly good fried chicken.
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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The Front St. Gus' has gone downhill IMO. Every time I have gone in the last year it's been pretty dry.
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Old 11-28-2011, 05:01 PM
 
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I prefer Uncle Lou's near the airport.
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