This is my current progress for my tier list of every fried chicken sandwich in the GTA! It all started with the incredible sandwich from Bubba’s Crispy Fried Chicken restaurant (which unfortunately got closed down due to the pandemic), when I wanted to see if there are restaurants with better sandwiches than this immortal beauty.

The tier judgements are solely based on the taste, regardless of the price of the sandwiches or the distance to the restaurants. This means that, even if the sandwiches cost a lot of money and the restaurants are very far away, this will not impact the ranks in any way. The earlier versions were based on many of these additional factors, resulting in a tier list with Tim Hortons being placed above other excellent fried chicken sandwich places. Not many people could agree with this, highlighting the major flaw in the tier list. To account for this, I have decided to put a price range as a small note on each restaurant so one can make their own judgement when visiting the restaurants.

I firmly believe that a restaurant having a fried chicken sandwich on their menu shows their dedication towards the food they are making. They are surprisingly difficult to get right: buns, batter, toppings, and of course, the chicken itself. While making the tier list, I was surprised once by the variety of ranks and again by the number of restaurants in GTA that do serve fried chicken sandwiches. It will be a long journey to complete it fully (the current tier list shown is about 25% completed).This brings me joy: I can keep exploring longer!

Curious how the tier list was generated? Follow my GitHub (Andric0901) and have a look at the most recent repository (Fried-chicken-sandwich-tier-list) in development! If you have any questions or have restaurant suggestions for me to go to, feel free to reach out to me at binseong.kim@mail.utoronto.ca.