The idea soon moved into the mainstream culture. In the 1945 movie Mildred Pierce, featuring Kansas City's own teenage hellion-turned-movie icon Joan Crawford, the title character builds her restaurant fame and fortune on her fried chicken and crispy waffles!
Two new restaurants in Kansas City have revived the dish -- excellent for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The new Niecie's on Troost serves a hot, buttered waffle with three meaty, juicy and crispy chicken wings. It's a sexy way to enjoy a variety of textures and flavors: hot, greasy, salty, sweet, crunchy. It's not a fancy creation, but definitely satisfying.
A more upscale version is also served all day at the new Jack Gage American Tavern -- reviewed in this week's Pitch. Jack Gage's features a couple of really good buttermilk-fried boneless breasts on a hot waffle, all drizzled with a house-made pecan Kentucky bourbon maple glaze.
Which is better? They're both great. But because the Jack Gage version costs almost twice as much as Niecie's, she gets the nod. You might as well get two waffles and six wings at Niecie's and not have to eat again for a couple of days.
(Image via Flickr: skullymom13)
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Get off your couch and away from in front of the T.V...Assuming thats how you judge neighborhoods...I've being going to Niecies for 20 years and NEVER had an incident...Ignorance is not bliss...
This is a great article, however, it fails to tell you that Niecie's is located in a neighborhood considered anything but safe =(.
Charles - The Westside Local also serves a fine version on Sundays. More at the Jack Gage price point, but it's such a wonderful place . . .
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