Hey! The Washington Post Going Out Guide has an article on KoChix at 4th and Florida Avenue NW.
I have not copied in the entire Washington Post Going Out Guide article — just a few paragraphs. Click on the link to read the whole article.
KoChix, where Korean fried chicken gets a sticky, open-ended approach
By Tim Carman, Thursday, January 30, 12:25 PM
When most Washingtonians think of Korean fried chicken, two syllables immediately leap to mind: BonChon. It’s reflexive, unthinking, based on the limited offerings in our area. In that sense, our Korean fried chicken market is more Communist than capitalist. It’s BonChon or nothing, you ungrateful proles.
Not that I have anything against BonChon. My delight in the chain’s hot lacquered wings and drumettes is well documented, a passion that no one could generate solely through a tightly controlled market and state-sponsored propaganda. BonChon just knows how to batter and fry those babies.
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Now we have a choice in Washington, too. Last fall, a small mom-and-pop shop opened on Florida Avenue NW, near the LeDroit Park neighborhood. It’s called KoChix, as in Korean chicken, and its owners will tell you straight up that their wings and drumettes owe a large debt to KyoChon, another Korean fried chicken chain that has started to infiltrate the U.S. market.
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KoChix
400 Florida Ave. NW. 202-232-3468. http://www.kochix.com.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 3 to 8 p.m.
Nearest Metro station: Shaw, with a 0.3-mile walk to the carryout.
Prices: Entrees, $3.99-$18.99.
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