St. Louing Grace Meat + Three
Comfort-food fried chicken and sides
District: The Grove
Grace Meat & Three is a classic comfort food spot to get fried chicken and sides. It’s located in The Grove alongside a few other good restaurants.
Grace used to have some competition in the fried chicken arena with Southern, a restaurant connected to Pappy’s, but it closed down. Most of the other chicken spots are chains like Chuck’s Hot Chicken and Dave’s Hot Chicken, neither of which I like that much. I have yet to try Hodak’s or Gus’s, the two other local spots I’ve heard of.
Although no one can compete with Prince’s in Nashville for me, I think Grace Meat & Three is pretty damn good. My biggest complaint is that the spice levels are very low - usually in Nashville I get medium or hot and I’m suffering a bit, but at Grace I can get the extra hot and still wish it had more spice. Aside from missing some heat, the flavor is great, the chicken is crispy, and the sides are pretty good.