Willie Mae’s and Holey Grail Donuts opened in L.A. Do they live up to the hype?
1 year, 11 months ago

Willie Mae’s and Holey Grail Donuts opened in L.A. Do they live up to the hype?

LA Times  

A family-meal-sized plate of fried chicken at the new L.A. location of the legendary New Orleans restaurant Willie Mae’s. Willie Mae’s Scotch House in New Orleans and Holey Grail Donuts in Hawaii are two new restaurants expanding outside their original states for the first time with locations in Los Angeles. It’s the chicken I waited 90 minutes for in 98-degree, humid weather at Willie Mae’s Scotch House in New Orleans. I’ve had multiple people ask me if the taro dough makes the doughnuts “healthy.” “A doughnut is not supposed to be healthy,” Nile said.

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Willie Mae’s of New Orleans brings ‘best fried chicken in America’ to Los Angeles
2 years ago

Willie Mae’s of New Orleans brings ‘best fried chicken in America’ to Los Angeles

LA Times  

After the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina destroyed Willie Mae’s Scotch House, waves of volunteers showed up to help rebuild the New Orleans institution founded by Willie Mae Seaton. Now, 65 years later, Seaton-Stewart opens the first Willie Mae’s outside of New Orleans on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice. “They were like, ‘Either you’re going to reopen the restaurant and we’re …

New Orleans fried chicken specialist Willie Mae’s launches takeout in L.A.
2 years, 3 months ago

New Orleans fried chicken specialist Willie Mae’s launches takeout in L.A.

LA Times  

The famed fried chicken restaurant still plans to open its Venice bricks-and-mortar, but in the meantime, Willie Mae’s can be found to-go in West L.A. Willie Mae’s One of the most celebrated fried chicken restaurants in the country has landed in Los Angeles. New Orleans stalwart Willie Mae’s Scotch House, a 1957-founded winner of the James Beard Foundation’s America’s Classics …

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