I always try to return to places and I thought it was about time for a revisit to Cross Street. My previous visits were when the place was in pre-soft opening mode and I'd waited a good long time...since then there's been several other "KFC" places open in the San Diego region. So, I was interested to see how Cross Street was doing.
The place is open for lunch these days so I headed over between meetings.
I got there right at 1130 and actually found a parking spot......seemed like a good sign.
The menu has changed a bit since my previous visits, with lunch specials, and other items though the service was just as friendly and nice.
I started with something I found interesting on the menu; the Corn Poppers ($7).
I actually enjoyed these fried little spheres. The interior was like a molten bechamel and had some nice and sweet corn; wasn't overly cheesy, the bacon was a nice savory touch.
I actually enjoyed these more then the wings.
After some contemplation, I went with the Soy Garlic ($12) Wings. Now, in my previous post I mentioned how large the wings here were and my preference of a smaller wing with a better batter - skin - meat ratio. If anything, these were even larger than before!
The coating seemed to have also been revised as it was harder and more lacquer like then before. Not necessarily a good thing in my book as it was a bit too crumbly. It as also drenched in sauce....previously, there was a nice light glaze; which made for a decent balance in saltiness to sweetness to batter to tasting the chicken. In this case it was just way too sweet as the glaze just overwhelmed everything. Not sure if this is the new standard here. The chicken was moist and cooked perfectly so no complaints there.
Like I said; I enjoyed those corn poppers....and used to like the fried pickles which are no longer on the menu. I also really like the young people working here. I'll probably return; but with a few more folks in tow and this time will definitely order those garlic parmesan wings instead.
Cross Street Chicken and Beer
4403 Convoy St
San Diego, CA 92111
Hours
Sun - Wed 1130am - 930pm
Thurs - Sat 1130am - 1130pm
kinda hit or miss
Posted by: kat | Wednesday, 19 June 2019 at 11:03 PM
I went a few weeks ago and tried the chicken thighs. They were pretty good.
Posted by: Soo | Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 08:06 AM
Sadly yes Kat!
That's great Soo....they really over-sauced my wings. Though I did enjoy those poppers.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 08:51 AM
They have a good happy hour if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Junichi | Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 09:49 AM
Yes, I read about that somewhere Junichi.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 09:51 AM
I'm with you, the corn poppers are the thing to get. I'm kinda meh, on the wings, but last time we were there we had two orders of the poppers.
Posted by: Christina C | Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 03:11 PM
I did think those corn poppers were quite good Christina! Nice to hear from you. Hope all is well.
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 21 June 2019 at 06:57 AM