AJC food writer Wyatt Williams reviews Memphis fried chicken chain Gus's Fried Chicken this week. So what's the verdict?

"The fried chicken here is a necessity," Williams writes. "A notch in your culinary life will go unfilled if you do not taste it."

Williams is less enamoured with the rest of the menu, but that chicken will keep him coming back for more.

Read Williams' full review here, and scroll down to get a taste of what to expect if you visit.

GUS'S FRIED CHICKEN

11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays. The Mall at Peachtree Center, 231 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-996-2837.

Half Chicken Plate with baked beans, slaw and white bread. (Becky Stein Photography)

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Gus's Fried Chicken is located in the Mall at Peachtree Center. (Becky Stein Photography)

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Customers receive directions at Gus's Fried Chicken. (Becky Stein Photography)

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Healthcare at College Park, a nursing home in Fulton County, GA, stands shuttered with its door chained on July 26, 2025, having closed in recent months.  Researchers at Brown University developed a list of U.S. nursing homes they predicted were at risk of closing based on 2023 data, and would be at elevated risk of closing due to the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act's cuts to Medicaid. Healthcare at College Park was on their list.  It survived past its last federal inspection in August of 2024 but has now closed down. The bill's biggest provisions will roll out over years starting Jan. 1. (Ariel Hart/AJC)

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