Bayside · Charcoal chicken
A neighborhood charcoal shop on Northern Boulevard. Whole birds over open coals, ribs with a hard char, and the kind of heat you can smell from the sidewalk.
The shop
Chicken Lover's is a charcoal shop first. Birds go on whole, split, and quartered — skin blistered over real coals, not a gas trick. The room is small. The mural watches the door. The fridge hums.
We keep the board short on purpose. Chicken, ribs, the sides that belong with them, a lunch price all day. If it does not belong on the fire, it is not on the menu.
Come for the smoke. Stay because the half chicken is ready.
The board
Charcoal chicken, ribs, and the sides that belong next to them. Lunch all day.
Over open coals
Quarter chicken
White or dark. Lemon. House hot sauce.
Half chicken
The house cut. Blistered skin, charcoal smoke.
Whole chicken
Feeds two to three. Comes with bread.
Chicken over rice
Yellow rice, slaw, white sauce, hot sauce.
Visit
Walk-in and pickup on Northern. Cash and card. If the coals are lit, we are here.
