Review: MCL Fried Chicken
Author: WIBIA | Filed under: Food Reviews, Recommended: Independent
http://www.mclhomemade.com/
It’s not a secret that I am a fan of MCL. Their food is fresh, simple and just plain good. It is cafeteria style with a good amount of old folks at lunch that take way too long to decide what they want to eat. Their online menus are updated daily. Also, some locations have conference rooms, so if you are looking to host a casual business event, you can do it there.
What I Got: Fried Chicken, Dark. Spinach, Macaroni Salad, Sweet Tea. Around $10.
The spinach didn’t offer any surprises. A few small pieces of bacon and that is about it. It was seasoned well, very basic. The macaroni salad was really creamy with nice vegetable crunch. My only complaint is that there was too much shredded cheese in it, otherwise, not bad. If you are a cheese fan, you will love it.
I am a big fan of MCL chicken because the breading is really light. On a cross section of chicken, I like about an 90:10 chicken to breading ratio. I got the dark meat chicken, a leg and a thigh. The chicken tasted great (could’ve been a little warmer), but the pieces were a little smaller then I remembered.
Would I Buy It Again? Yes. I would look at the macaroni salad to see if there was a lot of cheese in it before I bought it. I would also pay close attention to the chicken and then point out the pieces that I want.
It wasn’t a bad meal by any stretch of the imagination. Service was very friendly and when I think of cafeteria food, MCL is still my number one choice (by far actually).
-wibia
Tags: Food, Fried Chicken, macaroni salad, mcl cafeteria, spinach
Psshhhhh….. I never got my $25 gift card they were supposed to send me
The food looks good, though.
You know, I’m not a big fan of cafeterias, but I DO like MCL. However…like you, I’ve noticed that their portions are shrinking!
Thanks for the review WIBIA!
We’re big fans of the blog and always like seeing how we’re doing from one of your reviews; we wish your food had been hotter and your portion more to you’re liking. We haven’t changed our portions so, I’d be interested in knowing which location you were at so we could investigate further. We are happy to know that you wouldn’t hesitate coming back.
Adam, so sorry you didn’t receive your gift card, if you would email us your home address I’ll get another on out right away; mcl@mclhomemade.com (attention Casey).
Rick, if you’d like to do the same, we’d love to send you a coupon for a couple free meals and see if we can’t change your perspective on our portions.
Happy Dining, hope to see you again soon,
MCL R&B
Thanks MCL… you guys know how to make people happy, that is for sure. I will e-mail you the details.
I havent had MCL since I was about 10 or so and my mom took me and we got beef manhatans and they were delicious. Of course that was like 13 years ago. Maybe I should go again sometime soon. Just havent thought of it really or when I do no one else wants to go.