Fried Chicken & Waffles
Can I just tell you how insane lovely my breakfast was:
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Portland has a ridiculous brunch [and food in general] scene, if you didn’t know. People love to wait in line for over and hour, sip their self-serve coffee, and wait to eat breakfast for lunch. I’m usually not one to wait for food. It’s probably why we usually bike over to the taco cart for breakfast burritos/tamales most Saturday mornings. Sometimes, though, you just gotta do it. We waited for over an hour at Screen Door to eat with 15 people for a birthday brunch. I can assure you, it was totally worth it. They’re known for their fried chicken [I’d eaten it at dinner once before], but they’re equally known for their amazing veggie dishes. I was almost swayed by a root vegetable hash or asparagus scramble with goat cheese. They pile the portions high, but never sacrifice quality. They had breakfast corn bread and apple rhubarb turnovers. It took all of my will power to refrain.
I plowed through the sweet potato waffle and one and a half fried chicken breasts [why wouldn’t you want three chicken breasts with your waffle?]. That batter is addicting, and the chicken is moist. I traded a couple bites of Andrew’s breakfast po’ boy and roasted potatoes for half of the second chicken breast. The third breast is sitting in my fridge. I could have eaten all of it, honest. I just chose to pretend to be a lady and not shovel it in. Leftovers are not usually my thing.
I’m actually kind of glad that Screen Door has a most ridiculous wait for breakfast. It means I won’t eat here every weekend. I really don’t want to work out more than I already do.
Here it is over five hours later, and I’m only starting to feel something resembling hunger. I’d almost forgotten what that was. I’m sure dinner will involve a vegetable.
And a fried chicken breast.
That restaurant sounds insane! And delicious. There’s a famous brunch place here that has hour-long lines, but I think it’s famous just for being famous, because the pancakes/waffles aren’t anything spectacular. Certainly no sweet potato waffle option. Or cornbread–that one I wouldn’t be able to resist.
Famous long lines for mediocre waffles/pancakes is something I will never, ever understand. Waiting for most food is overrated!
Especially pancakes–I mean they take what, maybe 15 minutes to whip up and cook from scratch? I did wait 1.5 hours for Mexican food the other night, but it came with what I am quite sure are the city’s best margaritas, so it was completely worth it.
A margarita is totally worth it. Was it one of those massive ones the size of your head?
Well, we got a pitcher, soo…sort of? Haha, but no, they’re regular glass-sized, but have amazing flavor, the right ratio of sweet to sour, and are STRONG, they don’t shirk on the alcohol.
That’s really all that matters. Quality over quantity (although it came in a pitcher, so hello to both!).
Oh my goodness, we have some super secret blogger wavelength, I’m sure of it. My cousin and brother and I went to this amazing waffle place in Ithaca while we were visiting and we got a fried chicken waffle too. Silly me though that there would somehow be chicken incorporated into the waffle, not just a couple honking pieces of fried chicken literally sitting on top. But I’M A CONVERT. Fried chicken waffles are totally my thing now.
THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS, from one waffle/chicken lover to another.
We’re totally blogger brain-twins. Now I’m wondering what it would be like to have fried chicken *in* your waffle. They have places with maple bacon in your waffle. Why not fried chicken?
i’ve heard so many great things about screen door! what do you recommend for a 1st timer??
I think you have to get the fried chicken, at least once, just to say you’ve had it. Otherwise, I think you can’t go wrong with anything that has some of their seasonal veggies in it. I really don’t think you’d be bummed with anything you picked, though!
Oh. My. God. That seriously does look insane! What an awesome breakfast. I’d so wake up excited for that! It’s so hard to find good fried chicken and that looks monstrously good.
It’s awesome on so many excessive levels—from the wait time to the portion sizes!