The originating hot chicken restaurant in Nashville, run by the same family since the 1930s. Spice levels run from Mild to XXX Hot — XXX is no joke and is served with a small pile of plain white bread to absorb the heat. The cayenne-and-lard paste used to coat the chicken is so hot at the top end of the menu that the kitchen prepares it in a separate area; staff sometimes wear gloves.
The original Ewing Drive location burned in 2020 and reopened in 2023 in a larger building on Dickerson Pike. Queues are normal at weekends; orders take 30 minutes from scratch. Hattie B's (downtown and elsewhere) is the slicker, faster, less intense alternative — popular with visitors who don't want to wait at Prince's.