THE GET DOWN
Heat up your weekend with some fried chicken at Howlin’ Ray’s! Howlin’ Ray’s is one of the BEST fried chicken sando’s you’ll find in LA!
A flavorful, crisp crust with some heat (should you choose, and yes! you definitely should) surrounding the steamy inside of the bird leaves each bite tender, delicate yet punchy. There is a reason why Howlin’ Ray’s puts that comeback sauce on it. That’s right! Yass… Howlin’ Ray’s will be what you crave.
Howlin’ Ray’s is true Nashville style chicken, they say. I personally have never been to Nashville, but then again who needs to when you have Howling Ray’s at your backdoor? Maybe those lines don’t seem too long after all.
Go to Howlin’ Ray’s on the weekends and you will find chicken and waffles on the menu. Now you have a reason to wake the kids up early on their day off of school. The early bird gets the worm after all (no pun intended).
Since Howlin’ Ray’s is in a strip mall, there are plenty of $.25 rides to occupy the tots, or at least distract them from reaching for the toys the vendors display at eye level (and then expect a kid to NOT grab!?).
If you have a runner, you will definitely need to bring someone with you to Howlin’ Ray’s or you will have to keep getting out of line with the stroller, bags, and well, you know the drill.
I’m not sure that waiting an hour (or more) in line for a sandwich is ideal should this be the case, but you MUST do some clever thinking here, because the sando is SOOO WORTH IT!
If you can, come prepared. Know what you want to order, have it written on a piece of paper and then bring the correct change in cash. Look for a couple of teenagers waiting eagerly towards the front of the line and offer then a couple bucks to place your order for you . At least this worked for us. Two words: YUM – ME. Or is that one?
DETAILS
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WHERE
DTLA
GO FOR
Lunch: Fried Chicken Sandy
SOCIAL SCENE
Homies, Domestic Imports, Foodies
TODDLER RATING
No contained area, Easily Forgiven
NEARBY
Bob Baker Marionette Theatre, Shareen Vintage, Echo Park
CONTACT INFO
Website: howlinrays.com
Phone: 213-935-8399
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Rating System:
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For those with little
runners & screamers:
Easily forgiven:
Here, you can forget the fact that it’s your rambunctious child that’s screaming and STILL enjoy most of your meal.
Not promoted, but you should take the chance:
If your toddler is at the stage when an iPad or some other colorful distraction can be used for an un-interrupted 20 minutes, then go for it.
Uh-uh, NO WAY, don’t even think about it!:
I don’t care how cute your toddler is. Pop your head in… turn around… walk away. PERIOD.
No contained area:
A place you cannot leave your toddler alone, not even for a second.
Enclosed, but space is tight:
If YOU can’t fit between the tables then you know you couldn’t catch your toddler if they tried – this isn’t Norm’s.
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