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# Dining Review: Dean Street’s Freaky Good Fried Chicken
- URL: https://bklyner.com/dining-review-dean-streets-freaky-good-fried-chicken/
- Published: 2016-10-26T21:10:30.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-10T20:07:31.000Z
- Author: Justin Fox
- Tags: Food & Drink, Nonsponsored, 755 dean street, beer, Dean Street, fried chicken, gravy, potatoes, thebitebk, #wp

![(Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_6866-1024x861.jpg)

(Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)

[Lightning struck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY&ref=bklyner.com) in my inbox last week. “Go to Dean’s”, said Corner Media’s Dina Rabiner. I’m not one to toss off a recommendation lightly, much less [one half ](/author/adam-rabiner/)of our resident gustatory power couple. Because of [BKLYNER’s new and improved coverage](/fort-greene-focus-renamed-bklyner-fortgreene/), I darted out to Prospect Heights to see what the fuss was about.

[Dean Street ](http://deanstreetbrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com)(755 Dean Street, between Vanderbilt Avenue and Underhill Avenue) has been providing a quintessentially American experience since it opened in 2011\. Dean Street has a full menu in addition to an exceptionally well-curated bar and live entertainment.

“Get the fried chicken. It’ll be enough,” said my server when I asked him what the best and most popular dishes on the menu were, and how well-suited they were to a man of my (large) appetites. The Brownstone Belt is home to some [excellent fried chicken](http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2015/08/12/the-5-best-spots-for-fried-chicken-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/?ref=bklyner.com), so my hopes were understandably high as I placed my order.

Dean Street is home to a splendid happy hour special, with two dollars off everything between 5pm and 8pm. I took advantage and ordered a Catskill Oktoberfest ($6), which took more than a few minutes to come. However, once it did, I was met with a pleasantly hopped, slightly sweet, and well-poured pint that was new to me.

The downtempo service continued with my fried chicken, but it was worth the wait.

![(Courtesy BRKLYNER/Justin Fox)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_6861-1024x1024.jpg)

(Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)

The portions were massive, as advertised. I was confronted with a bounty of a chicken breast and wing, a biscuit, butter, mashed potatoes with gravy, and a giant heap of kale that served as the understudy for the usual collards, of which Dean Street was out that night.

I dug into the chicken… and Dean Street immediately had a place in my top five for fried chicken in the nabe. This juicy, meaty, piping hot bird had a flaky, slightly peppery skin. Thank you, Dina. This chicken is kinda amazing.

![I got intimate with this biscuit. (Courtesy BRKLYNER/Justin Fox)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_6867-1024x768.jpg)

I got intimate with this biscuit. (Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)

After gorging on flesh, my attention turned to the biscuit. As I pulled the tender carb-bomb apart, I made sure to slather it in the salty butter. Clearly, this post is sponsored by the [American Journal of Cardiology](http://www.ajconline.org/?ref=bklyner.com). Each soft, pillowy bite was an emphatic victory over good sense.

The mashed potatoes lingered. The rich gravy and heavily seasoned potatoes included ample skins, which provided a pleasant foil to the monotony tubers can create. These were good spuds, but nothing special.

Finally, the kale. This player was not ready for prime time, unlike[ David S. Pumpkins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI&ref=bklyner.com). While it was tasty, there was far too much chew to be pleasant. In hindsight, it seems natural that I didn’t finish my vegetables.

![Honest to goodness, these were my notes on the chicken. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FullSizeRender-1024x228.jpg)

Honest to goodness, these were my notes on the chicken. (Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)

Will I be back to Dean Street? Of course I will. Will I tell people to go? That’s what I am typing right now. Go! I need to pay Dina’s kindness forward.

> [**Dean Street**](http://deanstreetbrooklyn.com/food/?ref=bklyner.com)  
> **Address:** 755 Dean Street, between Vanderbilt Avenue and Underhill Avenue  
> **Phone:** (718) 783-3326  
> **Try:** The fried chicken.  
> **Avoid:** Nothing, but definitely get the fried chicken.  
> **Kids:** Take a wild guess.