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Best fried chicken - Revival and Lyn 65 Kitchen & Bar - 2015 Best of MN

May 14, 2015 at 12:57AM
The Buttermilk Fried Chicken with grits and coleslaw at Lyn 65 in Richfield January 30, 2015. (Courtney Perry/Special to the Star Tribune)
The Buttermilk Fried Chicken with grits and coleslaw at Lyn 65. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Seemingly out of nowhere, fried chicken has become all the rage. Chef Thomas Boemer is killing it, fried chicken-wise, at his just-opened Revival, offering it a few ways, including a straight-up (and superb) Southern fried version, as well as "Tennessee hot," which more than lives up to its billing. At Lyn 65 Kitchen & Bar, chef/owner Ben Rients taps every tool in his fine-dining arsenal to create an astonishing study in fried chicken contrasts. Revival, 4257 Nicollet Av. S., Mpls.; 612-345-4516; and Lyn 65 Kitchen & Bar, 6439 Lyndale Av. S., Richfield; 612-353-5501; lyn65.com

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