Chicken Salad Chick

The idea of a chicken salad restaurant chain is new to me, so I just had to try this.  There are 13 flavors of chicken salad on the menu (12 regulars and a seasonal one), which is a lot to choose from.  But they do give samples.  My favorite chicken salad recipe includes eggs and sweet pickles, so I picked Old South on a white bread BLT, toasted, with the chicken and artichoke soup.

The soup was good, nice and creamy with chunks of both artichoke and chicken.  I'm not a super fan of artichoke but this was probably a good representation.

Overall I liked my sandwich a lot.  There are some nitpicky things I would have changed.  The chicken salad was tasty and creamy, but I couldn't find any sweet pickle flavor.  It did go well with the bacon and tomato.  The bacon was crisp enough to bite through cleanly.  The bread was OK--it got very smooth when toasted and flattened out a lot as I ate the sandwich, but it was fine.  I sampled the Lauryn's Lemon Basil chicken salad also, and I believe I would order that next time--plenty of basil flavor, and very bright.

The cookie with the meal was a nice touch, and very tasty.  They have those for sale, and other desserts as well.

Service was prompt and enthusiastic.  The server offered samples and shared his favorites.  Also talked me into a loyalty card that came with a charitable donation.  The lunch itself was about $12, pretty reasonable.  The food also came very quickly, which you would expect since they just had to scoop the filling onto the bread and assemble.

The restrooms were clean and ready.  This is where they tried to add some "character".  One restroom is labeled "chicks", the other "chick magnets".  Very '70s.  There are also some humorous quotes framed on the walls.  Overall the vibe is female-friendly, but not garishly so until you get to the restroom.

You can get chicken salad at other places, but if you specifically want to go somewhere for chicken salad this is the choice.  I'd eat it again.

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