Ted’s Kickin Chicken

Always good food. and large portions. Sometimes crowded at lunch. Get there early. Very good prices. Don’t let the older building scare u away. Seems clean.

Teds is pretty great! The food is a great price and the suicide wings are fantastic! They are half price on tues too. The chicken sandwich with dark meat is my second favorite menu item. The white meat they have does tend to be dry. The intetior desperately needs to be updated. The staff are nice and friendly. Overall teds is pretty good. Deff worth trying for the wings

The chicken here is amazing for such an unassuming hole-​in-​the-​wall looking place. My husband & I got the Half Chicken, BBQ with Homemade Coleslaw. It was so incredibly tender, juicy and flavorful. My BF got the Wings and she was really happy with them. The fries were very crisp with seasoning on them, and I loved them.
We didn’t have their famous Chopped Chicken Sandwich but we saw one go by and it’s huge!
They had a health score of 98: another thing that makes me happy!
Great chicken, good service and clean: definitely coming back for this one!

I have tried a lot of different styles of barbecue, it’s one of my favorite foods. This makes it easy to spot «from a can» and «store bought sauce». The food was not horrible but nothing to brag about either. Everything seemed very greasy and poorly prepared. The sauce was very common, nothing specially prepared by the restaurant.
The facility itself left a lot to be desired. A gravel parking lot that dusted my vehicle when the wind rolled through. The outside looks like a biker bar as does the inside. Very bad ambiance and it didn’t feel clean either.
The wait staff was mediocre as well. I did not have a great experience and I doubt I will return.

I grew up in wilkes and this has to be one of my favorite local places. There is nothing on the menu that isn’t good and the wings are great. The seasoning makes the fries. The only down side at all is it may take a while to get food. Love it though. Worth the wait.

Ted’s is my favorite wing place in the country (I travel quite a bit, and if a location isn’t famous for something I get wings) — and you can buy their sauce to go.

You see that girl in that first photo there? Yeah, that is me sippin’ sweet tea at Ted’s. Okay so we were driving to Yadkin Valley and it was lunch time. I wanted some southern fried chicken because well. that is what the south is known for, yes? We were looking at places listed on the GPS. Who would NOT want to go to a joint named Ted’s Kickin’ Chicken? First impressions when we drove by this place and MISSED the parking lot? It looked desolate… dingy even. Anyway, we turned around, I held my breath and we walked in. Dimly lit place, Nascar décor and football playing on the television that was propped up on the corner back wall.
We ordered accordingly– my friend a dark meat chopped chicken sandwich that was topped with a mayo based slaw and a slightly spicy sauce on the side. The sandwich was freaking ginoromous. I do not typically use such language… but that is how huge it was. I ordered a half fried chicken. I know it sounds like a lot. but lets put it this way. I was expecting the chicken to be cut up like the breast, thigh and leg. It literally was a half chicken. I thought it was going to be a breaded chicken. It was breaded… but extrememly lightly which I was fine with. What kind of threw me was it was dipped in a sauce that resembled buffalo sauce. It was tasty, do not get me wrong, just not what I was expecting at all. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the sauce it was dipped in, and this half chicken thing was actually just enough. It was a small half chicken. The half chicken was really cheap though.
Overall, the food was fine. Portions were large, prices were low. Not your typical fried chicken that I thought you’d experience in North Carolina, but it was a nice change.

On the way to Yadkin Valley wine country with a friend who was visiting from out of state, we decided to go miles out of the way for an ‘authentic North Carolina chicken experience.’
Boy howdy, was it worth it.
We were a little over dressed since we planned on doing wine tasting, but the waitress was very hospitable, and we got to catch some of the game. The fact that I can get a beer and a chopped chicken sandwich with a plethora of toppings for 3.25 with a good view of the game makes me automatically like this place. If you grew up in the country around little food shacks and miss them, this is the place to go.
Previously mentioned, I got the chopped chicken sandwich with dark meat (they give you the option of dark or white, but dark meat is just the kind of gal I am), with mayo, slaw, and this miscellaneous spicy sauce that was delicious. The damn thing was huge and I couldn’t finish it. The only complaint I have is that they served the sandwich on a plate that was the exact same size, so I was making a bit of a mess.
My friend got half a chicken with a roll and some sweet tea. She was expecting a thick batter and was a little disappointed. I’m not a huge fan of thick batter myself, so the heavily-​seasoned, thin and crispy skin was to my liking, and the chicken tasted great.
If you’re a country gal that moved to the city and miss little places like this, I’d take a visit. I wish there was some place like this closer to me; it would definitely become my chicken nichè.

Am I really the first person to review Ted’s? How can that BE?! I guess Unilocal hasn’t made its way into the two lane highways of the mountains of NC yet…
TED’S! You were not only THE place to get wings in town (it was either Ted’s or driving an hour to Winston-​Salem to get Hooter’s), but you were THE ultimate hangout spot for us as teens after a long day in ap calc or a depressing basketball game.
If you ever find yourself wandering up 421 N in NC, pull off at the speedway and make your way a couple minutes off the exit to Ted’s. It’s a grimy little shack off the side of the road. The parking lot doesn’t really have designated spots, you just park there. Inside it’s old and gross, but the wings are basically the best to be had. Ever.