The sandwich that started it
We didn’t wait for the trend.
Long before chicken sandwiches became a national sport, Bonafried was making fried chicken sandwiches in New Orleans.
The Southern was the first one we ever made, and it’s still on the menu today. Since then, the lineup has grown to include customer-created combinations, six sauces made in house, hand-cut fries and one sandwich that won the National Fried Chicken Festival twice.
“Dare I say it might be the best chicken sandwich in the city.”
— Google review
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The underlying magic
We’ll tell you everything but the marinade.
Bonafried chicken is prepared fresh, never frozen. It marinates for at least 24 hours and no more than 48.
The marinade? Nice try.
FRESH • SAUCE • CRUNCHFRESH • SAUCE • CRUNCH
Pick your favorite
Start here, y’all.
Made fresh and served hot. Six house-made sauces. One very good chicken sandwich. Plenty of ways to make it yours.
In-store prices, before tax · Junior sandwich $9 · Hand-cut fries $3.50
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Make it yours. Literally.
Create the Combo.
Claim the Name.
MIX IT UP
People have opinions
Worth the trip.
sandwiches
and counting
Stephen + Bee
Food guy. People person.
Stephen Maher and Bee Hollingsworth didn’t start Bonafried with a grand plan to become a New Orleans chicken sandwich institution.
Stephen grew up cooking. Bee grew up in the theater. Somewhere between falling in love and building a life together, they created Bonafried.
Stephen obsesses over the food, the process and the details. Bee makes sure Bonafried feels like the kind of place where somebody knows your name, your order or, possibly, the sandwich named after you.
The restaurant
The right place at the right time.
Bonafried found a permanent home in a former neighborhood washateria near the Fair Grounds.
The family who owned the laundry offered Stephen and Bee the space when it closed. That felt less like taking over a building and more like being handed the keys to the next chapter of a neighborhood story.
Pressed tin details remain. A washing machine door became a window into the kitchen. And there’s a coin-operated Chicken Machine dispensing trinket eggs—because of course there is.
Catering
Party food should be better than fine.
For full-service catering, the original Bonafried food truck comes to you. Guests order from the truck. Food comes out hot.
Catering starts at a $750 minimum. Choose full-size sandwiches or Three Bite Cuties. The truck stays within New Orleans—it just doesn’t do hills.
Need the food without the truck? Ask about party trays for pickup or local delivery.
Mid-City · Bayou St. John
Come hungry.
Located between City Park and the French Quarter, a few blocks from the Fair Grounds.