Music City Hot Chicken

An overpriced fast food restaurant w/o the drive thru, but with a bar. 3 overseasoned chicken tenders (green chile) for $14 with a tiny cup of "eh" mac and cheese. Waitress was friendly. Probably won't go back.

Place smells great (so I’ll give it a two) but Lawd have mercy, I did not just pay $13 for 3 wings (after I called and asked about the wing size I was told they were bigger than normal sized wings, I don’t know about that now that I’m looking at them) they may be bigger than dominos or Pizza Hut’s wings is what I think they meant. picture below. The bread is completely squished because it was being squished by my wings because they were on top of it, and your side comes in a sauce cup. Or I guess it’s a bit bigger than the sauce cup by a centimeter. I was just expecting something bigger and better and that’s my fault. Edit: y’all I tried to eat the bread. I WISH I COULD POST VIDEOS because I have one of the bread, hard and dry. I can’t even eat it.

love this place

Went and ordered food for the family, over $70 for our order. Third time coming to the restaurant. But this time we ended up waiting 55 minutes for our food. I don’t know if they forgot our order, but food took forever to come out (talked to them after 40 minutes). Minor point but we asked for condiments twice and they kept saying they would bring them out and didn’t. Just disappointed mostly, the last few times were much better.

This place is one of Fort Collins' best restaurants

Delicious food, best chicken I've ever had and the staff is super chill. Dietary restrictions: "Gluten friendly" chicken tenders aren't cross contamination free, but I've never been very sick from them, and totally delicious.

You can go somewhere else and spend a ton on subpar chicken or you can come here, pay a reasonable price and get the best chicken in town... 10/10

Chicken tenders with the green chili had a burnt taste. I'm not sure if it was as designed spices or overcooked. I try a different heat the next time and decide from there. Nice portions, enough for 2 meals.

It's frustrating to leave this type of review on a place I have such positive memories of. When I was in college (about a decade ago now), Music City was the go-to place for chicken and beer. It was always busy, and the food was worth bragging about. I came back to FoCo with a friend to just enjoy food and hang out. I suggested this place, and he thought I was crazy for bragging this place up. I have never known Music City to be that dead. Even on snowy days, it used to be packed. Then we got our food, and I think that might be part of why. My friend's two-piece chicken had one breaded and one battered piece, which, if both were consistent, then it wouldn't have been strange. I ordered the nashville hot chicken and got something that resembled nashville hot but with no spiciness or seasoning at all, just a red oil look. The mac n cheese was just noodles and peppers in a watery cheese sauce. The fries were good, though, so that is a positive. Objectively, the cook on the chicken was good. I will not give under 3 stars to food that isn't outright bad. The chicken was edible, and the ranch and house sauce were good for chicken dipping. But, things are definitely not the way I remember them in terms of flavor and consistency. The service was simple, and the staff only brought out the food. The customer does everything else. So, there is no point in talking up a service review. The atmosphere was just as I remembered, which was nostalgic. So, that was a positive as well. It still feels like a place where people would want to go and hang out. If I find myself in FoCo again for whatever reason, I might stop by again. It could be (and I sincerely hope) it was just an off day in the kitchen.

Really great chicken tenders.