A.J. Artistic for Freight Fried Hen
Freight Fried Hen will serve fried hen tenders and a sandwich, in addition to mac and cheese, seasoned fries and extra.
San Antonio Chef Nicola Blaque subsequent month will open Freight Fried Hen, a brand new idea within the Pearl Bottling Division meals corridor that can serve her nationally lauded dry batter fried hen.
Freight will substitute Blaque’s present meals corridor spot Mi Roti, situated at 312 Pearl Parkway, Constructing 6. That eatery, which serves Caribbean-style wraps made on roti flatbread, will shut Dec. 31, Pearl officers stated.
Freight attracts its inspiration from post-Civil Conflict Black girls often known as Waiter Carriers who bought fried hen to rail passengers touring by Gordonsville, Virginia, Pearl officers stated. Their recipes enticed vacationers from far and broad to exit of their approach for a style.
The sale of fried hen allowed previously enslaved girls to assist their households and create racial progress throughout a fraught time in U.S. historical past — a narrative Blaque believes is value telling.
“I’m actually enthusiastic about Freight Fried Hen, as a result of it’s about greater than meals. It’s a possibility to inform the story of ladies I determine with, individuals who had a imaginative and prescient to create one thing and located a method to assist their households whereas additionally uniting communities,” Blaque stated in an emailed assertion. “I like girls just like the Waiter Carriers and Emma Koehler at Pearl who discovered a method to not solely overcome hardships however to present again to their neighborhood within the course of.”
A.J. Artistic for Freight Fried Hen
Freight Fried Hen is the newest idea from San Antonio chef Nicola Blaque.
Freight will fry its hen in a dry batter just like that made well-known by the Waiter Carriers. Visitors can even count on to see fried hen tenders and a sandwich on the menu, together with sides together with seasoned fries and macaroni and cheese.
Blaque is the restaurateur and chef behind nationally acknowledged eatery The Jerk Shack, recognized for fried and jerk hen, braised oxtail and different Jamaican-inspired eats. She opened Mi Roti in 2020.
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