Best of Boston

2021 Best Fried Chicken

Chickadee

How a swish Mediterranean-inspired restaurant ended up with the best fried chicken in Boston is a mystery to solve later. For now, we’re too fixated on the ultra-crunchy, golden-brown skin and moist, piping-hot meat, as well as the refined spins on cookout sides: say, scoops of mashed celeriac-walnut skordalia.

21 Drydock Ave., Seaport, 617-531-5591, chickadeerestaurant.com