Fritou Chicken (Saddletowne)
The Saddletowne store of Fritou, the halal fried-chicken counter with seven locations across Calgary - chicken with fries, hot sauce and gravy, plus burgers, pizza and fish and chips, open to midnight. Listed as fully halal by Zabihah and the community Halal Map YYC. The reviews split hard At its best the chicken is crisp-skinned, juicy and seasoned to the bone, with huge portions and fries worth the ten-minute wait - and a Filipina counter worker who gets thanked in several reviews. At its worst, the recent one-stars describe dry pieces, fries from tired oil, a $5 fish the size of a finger, and a rude exchange over a short delivery order. A 3.8 across 1,200 reviews is the honest average of those two experiences; go when it is busy and the chicken is fresh. Good to know Open 11am to midnight, 1am on Friday and Saturday. Dine in, take out or delivery; good for children and groups, step-free entrance, free parking. Rated 3.8 from more than 1,200 Google reviews.