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The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now

Fried chicken sandwiches are overtaking burgers as Toronto’s juiciest new obsession on a bun. Here, our ranking of the city’s best

By Meaghan Binstock| Photography by Vicky Lam | Food styling by Sugar Tart
| April 18, 2017
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The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
P.G Clucks’ Classic

We’re obsessed with the one they call the Classic at this Little Italy cubbyhole. Juicy Nashville hot chicken gets its kick from a cayenne-infused paste before it’s layered onto a sweet-potato bun with tangy coleslaw, bread-and-butter pickles, buttermilk ranch dressing and fermented chili sauce. $7. 610 College St., 647-925-2226, pgclucks.com

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Bar Fancy’s Coco Bun

Two years after its debut, it’s still hard to top this crave-worthy off-menu item. The chicken is drizzled with honey mustard and kewpie mayo under sweet house-made pickles on a coconut milk bun. $12. 1070 Queen St. W., 416-546-1416, @barfancyto

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
The Gabardine’s Classic Fried Chicken

Crunchy batter and super-moist bird meet sweet mayo, hot sauce, tangy dill pickles and crisp iceberg lettuce on a pillowy sesame seed bun. $20. 372 Bay St.,647-352-3211, thegabardine.com

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Porchetta and Co.‘s Korean Fried Chicken

This whopping Korean flavour bomb is drenched in sweet-and-spicy chili sauce with kimchee, lettuce, pickles, cilantro and zingy green onion–lime mayo. $9.45. 545 King St. W., ­647-351-8844; 825 Dundas St. W., 647-352-6611, porchettaco.com

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Flock’s Fried Chicken Sammy

The Fried Chicken Sammy features Cory Vitiello’s fried-to-perfection poultry on a bed of crunchy slaw, slathered with avocado and hot sauce, and topped with a dill pickle spear. $10. 97 Harbord St., 647-748-7199, eatflock.com

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The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Kitson and Co.‘s Kicky Chicken

Mayo spiked with Louisiana hot sauce is the finishing touch on this Parkdale sandwich-counter creation that stacks crispy chicken, kicky red cabbage slaw and sweet house-made pickles. $13. 1205 Queen St. W., 416-533-1205, @kitsonandcoto

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Beast’s Beastwich

A buttermilk biscuit can barely contain the Beastwich: a fried chicken thigh with a base layer of pimento cheese, a blanket of pork sausage gravy and a runny egg. $15. 96 Tecumseth St., 647-352-6000, thebeastrestaurant.com

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
The Federal’s Old Standard

The heart-stopping Old Standard is coated in a fiery hot sauce, with bacon, cheddar cheese, pickles and aïoli on an English muffin. $12. 1438 Dundas St. W., 647-352-9120, thefed.ca

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Knuckle Sandwich’s Chipotle Honey Chicken

A slab of tender battered chicken is jazzed up with chipotle honey sauce and garlic aïoli, then stuffed into a massive sourdough bun finished with a roasted poblano pepper slaw. $11. 969 Coxwell Ave., 647-748-7999, knucklesandwich.ca

The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto right now
Cluck Clucks’ Cluck Yeah!

Jalapeño-cheddar waffles are the subtly spicy base for the enthusiastically named Cluck Yeah! Dill mayo, chipotle aïoli and slaw are a bonus. $12.79. 222 The Esplanade,647-748-2582, cluckclucks.ca

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