Fried Chicken Kings in Houston

Pollo Campero: 2410 S. Wayside, 713-926-4790. Lunch and dinner daily. Drive-through and eat-in. Prices: eight pieces of chicken, $9.99; three-piece meal is $6.19. Cr: AE, MC,V.

Frenchy's: 3919 Scott St., 713-748-2233. Hours: 10:30 a.m.-1 a.m. daily. Drive-through and eat-in. Prices: 10 pieces, $9.99; three-piece meal, $4.79. Cash only.

Strong concensus - Frenchy's.

Call me a homer, but it took a Central American chain to remind me that my favorite fried chicken has been right here in my back yard all these years.