Welcome back to The Perfect Bite podcast, your fusion of food and entrepreneurship. When I moved to Chicago post-graduation in the fall of 2013, I fell in love with what would become a Chicago institution before I ever tasted it: Honey Butter Fried Chicken. The name says everything you need! And then I finally ate it and really, really fell in love. HBFC is the perfect community spot, picnic basket filler, or eat on the couch staple. It's quality, comfort food made by equally quality folks.

I had the best time chatting with co-owner Christine Cikowski about her journey of falling in love with nature’s flavors at a young age, meeting her co-owner Josh Kulp at Kendall College, and their flourishing businesses of serving the best seasonal, smile-inducing bites, from the now 20-year-old Sunday Dinner Club, to the fated Honey Butter Fried Chicken, and now supporting a former sous chef through TriBecca’s Sandwich Shop. We didn’t know it at the time, but this lovely and hilarious conversation was 12 years in the making.

Make sure to visit Honey Butter Fried Chicken and TriBecca’s Sandwich Shop in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago. You can sign up for the Sunday Dinner Club tasting series at www.sundaydinnerclub.com.

You can follow Honey Butter Fried chicken on Instagram at @honeybutterchi; Sunday Dinner Club @sundaydinnerchi; TriBecca’s Sandwich Shop @tribeccassandwichshop; and Christine @christinecikowski.

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