Chances are you’ve been here, and if not you’ve undoubtedly heard about this place. It’s practically an LA landmark.

But the bottom line is that fried chicken and waffles, together, well that’s just weird.

Knowing Will’s experience with real Southern food would be limited at best, I thought it was time he was formally introduced.

Ah, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles… If you were to ask my brother what his favorite guilty pleasure is in Los Angeles, without missing a beat he’d say “Roscoe’s.” And it’s no wonder. They make some damned tasty fried chicken. And who doesn’t love fried chicken?

But, once again I ask, what’s the deal with having chicken and waffles together? And even more perplexing to a Brit: why do they serve porridge (grits) with it?

An excellent question.

And just to ensure that our selection was weird enough to keep you thrilled, we decided to have the chicken livers as well.

Now I stated earlier how delicious friend chicken is, and it’s no mystery that Roscoe’s has some of the best you’re gonna find in Los Angeles. It comes with a fantastic thick gravy, and an even more delicious, freshly baked biscuit. I mean an incredibly good biscuit. Biscuit and gravy. Yum.

And the waffle is actually quite good in it’s own right. It actually has a nice distinctive flavor, something most waffles sorely lack. Bold vanilla flavor, and with the heaping butter and maple syrup, it’s delicious.

But there’s something a little confusing to my palate about the salty savory gravy and chicken in juxtaposition to the quite sweet waffle. Too many bold flavors conflicting. Although it may sound blasphemous, I think I’d rather have one or the other rather than both together. On their own they’re so awesome, but together they lose something… I’m already anticipating a flood of negative comments here, but that’s just how I feel. Deal with it.

As for the liver, I actually went in with an open mind. I told myself that yes, I’ve had liver recently, and no, it wasn’t good. But this time would be different. I mean anything deep fried is good, right? Plus everything else here is so good, why wouldn’t this be good?

I’ll tell you why: because it doesn’t matter how good a restaurant is, liver is just f-ing gross. Even in little friend nugget form. I can taste it in the back of my mouth right now…. Metallic, mealy, like I’m eating chunks of curdled blood. If you are so inclined, might I suggest at the very least getting it smothered in their delicious and fresh-tasting gravy? It certainly helped me choke it down, at least a little.

I will say this: regardless of what the mis-informed Brit might say, the grits are actually quite nice. Sure they might taste a little… simple… but they’re really pleasant, especially with a hint of that magical gravy.

Also worth noting is the Chicken with Red Beans and Rice. It’s really, really, really good. Especially slathered in tons of Red Rooster hot sauce. That chicken is also a little lighter on the batter than the regular one.

The bottom line is that this place is super delicious, and if you’re more open-minded than I am you’ll probably enjoy the combination of chicken and waffle, or at the very least enjoy each one separately.

They have several locations to serve you, so be sure to check their website.

I leave you with a mesmerizing and tantalizing shot of one of the hot delicious biscuits (not a scone):

All photos by Emberly Modine and myself for Cityzine.

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