Freight Fried Chicken

Fried chicken and chicken tenders, with all the sides and biscuits you'd expect, by Chef Nicola Blaque from the award-winning Jerk Shack here in San Antonio.

Freight Fried Chicken shares the story of Black women known as Waiter Carriers during Post emancipation who sold fried chicken to travelers passing through Gordonsville, VA. These women would then create racial progress that would support their households through selling fried chicken. Travelers would reroute their trips just to buy this fried chicken from the waiter carriers. This way of entrepreneurship lasted for over a 100 years before dining cars existed. The fried chicken was so sought out that eventually the dining cars would buy the chicken from these women. Our Fried chicken at Freight uses a dry batter which is a similar version to what was fried back in the mid 1800's. It's served with biscuits just like the waiter carriers would serve.