{"id":7702,"date":"2019-08-12T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000001445"},"modified":"2019-08-12T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T18:25:29","slug":"addison-cluck-blaze-east-long-beach-chickageddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/addison-cluck-blaze-east-long-beach-chickageddon","title":{"rendered":"Cluck & Blaze soft opens in September (hot chicken breakfast burrito included)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year was the Ramenlution<\/a>. This year, the Chickageddon reigns as Nashville hot chicken, moving beyond its staples in Los Angeles, begins to invade Long Beach with more and more options\u2014including Cluck & Blaze opening near the northwest corner of Carson Street and Lakewood Boulevard.<\/p>\n

The newest addition to Long Beach’s crowded hot chicken scene is set to host a soft opening on Sep. 16 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., where all menu items will be 50% off. (A note: Don’t expect supplies to last until 8 p.m.; some other shops’ soft openings saw supply run out within a couple hours after opening.)<\/p>\n

Speaking of that crowded scene, if you head down Lakewood Boulevard a bit, that’s where Jay Bird\u2019s at Long Beach Exchange<\/a> opened up shop. Then Fire Bird opened way over on the east side<\/a>, garnering a small-but-mighty hoard of loyal followers. And then there is Main Chick coming to North Long Beach<\/a>. And Nashville hot chicken royalty herself Kim Prince has held two Hotville popups at Beer Belly recently<\/a> to show how it’s done.<\/p>\n

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The to-go boxes for Cluck & Blaze. Courtesy of owner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where does this all put Cluck & Blaze? As with all Nashville hot chicken, it all depends on the quality of the chicken.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Nashville hot chicken, most locals have their proper introduction by way of Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s, a tiny-but-mighty bird shop tucked inside a mini-mall in Downtown Los Angeles\u2019 Chinatown, or Hotville, Kim Prince’s chicken shop that pops up around the region. And their success has been built on a very simple concept: a limited, streamlined menu combined with quality fowl frying skills.<\/p>\n

And while Cluck & Blaze’s box has an eerily similar appearance to Howlin’s own box, there are a few differences which show that Cluck is California-izing hot chicken. For one, you can get french toast or waffles with your chicken. But perhaps even more noticeable, the hot chicken breakfast burrito.<\/p>\n

It’s items like that which means Cluck & Blaze brings high hopes; hopefully, they bring the heat.<\/p>\n

Cluck & Blaze is located at 4501 E. Carson St. in Suite 107.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian Addison is a columnist and editor for the Long Beach Post.\u00a0<\/em>Reach him at\u00a0brian@lbpost.com\u00a0or on social media at\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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