The Basics

Opened: 2015
Neighborhood: NuLu
Self-description: “Nashville-style hot chicken with endorphin-ringing heat.”
Website: royalshotchicken.com

Best of Louisville Stats

Total nominations: 3
First nomination: 2016, Best Chicken Restaurant

The Voting Academy Says

“It’s always the first place my friends beg to go back to when they’re in town — and they even take it on the plane back home with them. And if the chicken is too spicy, Royals can cool you down with a bourbon slushie or milkshake.”