CM Chicken in Louisville menu mixes fried chicken, Korean comfort food
Have you tried CM Chicken on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville? Here’s a look at what we tired for this week’s Best Thing I Ate series.
- CM Chicken, a Korean fried chicken restaurant, opened in Clifton, Louisville, in the former Comfy Cow location.
- The restaurant offers various Korean-style fried chicken options, including wings, tenders, sandwiches, and tacos, with seven signature sauces.
- In addition to fried chicken, CM Chicken serves other Korean dishes like tteokbokki, dumplings, kimchi fried rice, and boba tea.
- CM Chicken has other locations in Fern Creek and Norton Commons.
Boba tea and Korean-style fried chicken. What do they have in common? CM Chicken, 2221 Frankfort Ave., sells both fan favorites out of its Clifton location.
CM Chicken inhabits the space formerly occupied by ice cream shop The Comfy Cow before it closed in 2023. A fast casual spot, it is a good place to meet up with friends, order whatever looks good and share with the table.
Its famous Korean-style fried chicken comes in served in a variety of formats, including wings, tenders, sandwiches, tacos and more. There are seven signature sauces, including garlic soy, garlic spicy, red hot pepper, curry chicken, garlic mild, hot honey and lemon wasabi.
Though its specialty is fried chicken, there are numerous other items on the menu, including appetizers such as tteokbokki, spicy rice cakes, to dumplings, kimchi fried rice, bao buns and more.
Clifton store manager Roshan Vanjani said CM Chicken will soon offer burritos consisting of the ingredients available in the restaurant’s pre-existing Seoul Bowls, which are Korean-style protein bowls.
“So, similar to what the bowls are, you could mix and match the ingredients, and then we’re just going to wrap it up in a burrito,” Vanjani said.
If you’re looking to grab a drink, CM Chicken offers soju and Japanese beers that pair well with the crispy, savory fried chicken. For a non-alcoholic beverage, try the boba tea, which comes in a variety of flavors including brown sugar milk tea or fruity flavors. Teas can be made to custom preference, for example, by ordering it half sweet, or with light ice. Go for the original if you have a sweet tooth.
Vanjani said business has been good in Clifton and the neighborhood has been receptive during the restaurant’s first year of business. CM Chicken also has locations in Fern Creek, 6600 Bardstown Road, and in Norton Commons in Prospect, 9422 Norton Commons Blvd.
A few doors down on Frankfort Avenue, Miki’s Karaoke Bar, 2230 Frankfort Ave., is another Korean establishment, and KIWA teahouse is also down the street at 2235 Frankfort Ave. creating a cluster of Korean food and culture.
“Everyone is willing to just have a good time and … enjoy our food,” Vanjani said. “And that’s a good thing about this location is everyone is friendly here, and there’s a lot of foot traffic.”
We featured CM Chicken in the latest installment of our video series, called the “Best Thing I Ate This Week.” You can follow along each week by visiting Instagram.com/courierjournal.
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