Good food is where you find it, and often, some of the best fried chicken comes from the most unlikely places. Road food, it’s called. Like at a filling station or a country market. Like Brownsville Market near Old Trail.
Far and wide, Brownsville Market has developed a reputation as one of the best fried chicken joints in Central Virginia. The chicken is fried perfectly, and because of the heavy traffic and turnover, the chicken in their trays is always hot, crispy and delicious. My wife Nancy, a fried chicken-aholic, will use most any excuse to stop in for a leg or a thigh or both when she is in that area – like last Sunday as we were passing by.
Brownsville Market offers a delicious breakfast menu built around hot, homemade biscuits. For lunch and dinner, they sell other foods like pork chops, burgers and sandwiches, but fried chicken is their specialty. It’s worth a drive to Crozet to get a piece or two.
They are located at 5995 Rockfish Gap, Crozet and they are open until 10 PM.