I have to say, Madtown Chicken n’ Fish does a good job of living up to its name. If you have a craving for some fried foods, this is the place to go, and you can find locations on Raymond Road and Sherman Avenue.
Every day is fish fry here, and you can choose catfish, cod, shrimp (popcorn), perch and tilapia. The breading of the catfish strips ($6.99 for four, $11.49 for eight) tastes like KFC original recipe and surrounds a tender filet. Overall, the catfish was delicious, but I like heat, so I added my own hot sauce to it to further my enjoyment. You also can get the catfish as whole filets and as nuggets.
Moving onto the chicken, which I tried in the form of wings ($4.49 for three all the way to $12.49 for 12). They were big, moist and meaty–all that you can ask for. In other words, it’s really good fried chicken. Madtown also offers chicken nuggets, tenders, thighs & legs and gizzards.
Several non-fish and chicken items on the menu caught my eye. The pizza puffs ($4.79) are like giant Totino’s pizza rolls, except they use a lot of dough for a puff pastry, and the inside resembles the meat sauce for lasagna. Still, they’re incredibly enjoyable and even better once I dipped it in my own ranch sauce.
I know this is weird to say, but the gyros fries ($8.99) were delicious but a bit disappointing. Instead of tzatziki sauce, the fries are smothered in nacho cheese (yum!), and I would have liked some diced onions or tomatoes. You do get plenty of shredded gyro meat, though.
As a final test of the restaurant’s breadth of items, the burger passed with flying colors. Even though the patties were a little dry in the double cheeseburger ($7.49), they still were tasty, especially inside the brioche-like bun. Fair warning, the burgers are drowned in ketchup, mustard and shredded lettuce, so tell them to go light.
Madtown Chicken n’ Fish is open for lunch and dinner daily.
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Tags: American, far west, north side
