Hall’s Honey-Fried Chicken (Texas Country Reporter)
Especially at night because you saw everything that was the center of the universe i thought it was i thought it was i just got here bob that’s me that’s you 20 years ago 200 pounds lighter that’s me at henderson you’re not 200 pounds wider 250. john
Hall and i never knew it at the time but we’ve probably crossed paths more often than a chicken has crossed the road he spent countless hours behind the counter of his family’s fried chicken joint known back then as henderson’s chicken shack and stopping by was the number one job for an
Inexperienced college kid working at television job number one 1970 i went to work at kdfw tv channel 4 here in dallas yes sir and because i was the low man on the totem pole one of my jobs was to get dinner for the night crew right we all worked until late night
And unless i was told different my marching orders were every evening you go to hendersons yes sir at thomason hall and you get chicken for everybody that was the place to be that was the place to get fried chicken it was the place to get fried chicken in
Dallas from dollars cowboys to attorneys to entertainers to the homeless we served everybody my grandfather actually created this and that was that was amazing to me i mean it was just amazing to me and i said i want to carry this on and as i got older
I ventured out i got other jobs but i always came back to henderson to work and then in 1989 i started halls and we’ve been going ever since Now due to a series of business changes the whole family runs their own restaurants now completely independent from the hendersons that’s still in operation confusing i know as many of us dallasites thought they had flown the coop i thought for decades that my midnight snack was yesterday’s news
Just a memory that is until my friend edgar heard a delicious rumor well it didn’t take long for us to investigate all right edgar here it is take a bite tell me what you think here it goes what does that remind you reminds me of back in the day late at night Thomason hall street after the club going by halls getting the chicken sitting in the car eating it right out the paper sack tastes just the same as it did back then this is good all right let’s dive in that’s all i need to know Five wings and five eyes golden crusted chicken piled on a bed of fries and white bread don’t even think about asking for wheat and garnished with peppers and pickles this is it the same hall’s recipe that john’s grandpa started frying up in 1948 and now that legacy is feeding a new generation
As his daughter mackenzie has flocked to the family business five piece three-piece tender sauce is inside i spend a lot of summers at my dad’s location and that’s probably like my earliest memory is i had to stand on a milk crate because i couldn’t see out the window
Can i get a two-piece dark and so then i started working at the store with him and then i think after that okay i realized i was pretty good so i have a two-piece dark with no bread and i have a three piece brush with extra pepper at just 26 years old mackenzie
Already owns and operates the second location for hall’s honey fried chicken it’s a big responsibility for someone her age but one she’s more than ready for you got fries down right all right i took over some of the roles that i didn’t know about when i was younger
So a lot of the like paper work aspect of it financial aspect of it so profit and loss and balance sheets and were you scared at that point i mean the balance sheet the profit and loss no um i guess because i was a business management major i
Learned about those things and you know they’re necessary obviously when you run a business the hardest part is being in the store and working and because when you run a business it’s you’re not just the owner you wear many different hats so you’re a therapist and your friend
And sometimes you’re a parent even though i’m 26 years old 15 more tenders please thank you mackenzie’s added tenders wings and dipping sauces to the menu but she will never tinker with great grandpa’s winning formula she knows that hall’s history is as rich and golden as a three-piece with fries
And that’s something this father-daughter duo is thankful for with each and every bite of nostalgia krista i want them to go away thinking that one this is the best chicken in dallas period there’s no better chicken in dallas but i want them to see the legacy and
I want them to see how much pride we have in our business welcome to sunny fried chicken go ahead and order when you’re ready how important is this as part of your grandfather’s legacy oh it’s it’s very important the fact that my daughter is doing it
Uh it’s just it’s it’s great to me when i come in the morning i always touch my grandfather his picture and say thank you because without him i wouldn’t be doing it this is just a blessing [Applause] Thanks for hopping in and traveling with us now click the subscribe button for more videos like the one you just saw
Comments (44)
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I try to make my way down to Hall's as often as I can. The best fried chicken in Dallas !
I know I just that’s right 😂
Went to this spot and my chicken had blood and they cooked it in old grease chicken and tenders were dark as heck.
Change the grease.
Man that's some pretty food, I wish we had a hall's chicken here in north carolina !
I travel the country for a living. The halls on Lancaster rd is the best fried chicken wings I’ve ever had. I have no idea what they do to get that flavor.
What is McKenzie’s Instagram she is beautiful I love her hair
Wasn’t there a Hendersons on Gaston just east of downtown in the 80s?
very interesting content.
I’m sorry..But Halls lacks seasoning
I've seen motor oil that looked cleaner
Here in Houston we have frechies chicken.
Great American restaurant story. God Bless You All.
Watching the delicious food is one thing, but hearing the amazing stories behind places like this and seeing the next generation carry on the legacy is what makes this show one of the best EVER! God bless you all
OMG that fryer oil is SOOOOOO completely shot! Shoulda been changed weeks ago – chicken looks like sht. RUN!!
What a great legacy and the chicken look sooo delicious! 😋🔥
That's what it's about building something good to pass on to your kids keep the family legacy going grew up going to Hall's on Camp Wisdom by redbird mall
That a Girl go get em. !!!!🙏❤️
That Chicken looks as the kids say now, "The Bomb!"… I'd about drive to Texas from Kentucky to get an order… just may do that soon…
Is Honey added to Chicken after Cooking or is in the breading of Chicken?
Used to drive through every Friday night after we left Cutters in Duncanville! I couldn't wait to eat that fried chicken! The fries the bread and the pickles peppers and carrots ohh so good together! I can still taste it tonight! Gosh that was a long time ago! I'd forgotten all about it, brought back some good memories, been gone from BIG D for many years now.. Those were the days.
I wish there more smart young people like her in The food service industry I’ve been in it for 32+ years and there’s not many people like her well done young lady
Stars burgers in San Benito Tx, Freddy fender town. I would like to know more about their upbringing. Straight up better what whata. Check them out
Oh I wish they open a location in houston.
Chicken looks and sounds good but that woman needs to wear a hairnet
wow texans are so racist supporting black owned businesses instead of looting and rioting outside them for being capitalists.
I can still remember how great the chicken tasted. Especially with hot pickled jalapeños and squeezing the juice all over that great fried chicken.
No matter what's going on in 2021 their are still some places that reminds us that the America we grew up on is still there just gotta look a little harder
Some of the best fried chicken I've ever had was from what I call
'hole-in-the-wall' places.
Cooking oil colour!!!! Looks like black
Ate this many times at Parkland hospital
Awesome!! Love stories about families continuing legacies. A+
Been there that chicken good af
Colonel Sanders got nothing on his Granddaddy and I mean nothing
Next time in n Dallas it’s ON
This place is so delicious
Makes me want to take a road trip
It good to eat but do not overindulge!!
Chicken too greasy..
I have to visit
Damn that grease is DIRTY 🤮🤮🤮🤮
This host is awful
Real talk bro 💯 Tru.
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