Can you guess which restaurant took the coveted spot?

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Southerners are an opinionated bunch, especially when it comes toour fried chicken.

We havefamily recipespassed down from generation to generation, with perfectly crispy exteriors and juicy, tender interiors.

Chick-fil-A restaurant location

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So, when it comes to our favorite fast food chains, our standards are highand often chicken-themed.

Dinner-in-a-pinch favorites include North Carolina-basedBojangles, Louisiana-based Popeyes, and, of course, Georgia-basedChick-fil-A.

With this years list, however, there was a shocking upset: Chick-fil-A dropped down to number three.

(We suppose its hard to beat the Colonels Chicken Pot Pie.)

Who’s up for a taste-test?