Maxines Chicken & Waffles

We plucked through dozens of offerings to find Indy’s best fried chicken, on the full spectrum of grandma to gourmet.

Yats, The Libertine, St. Elmo Steak House, Harry & Izzy’s, Petite Chou, and Maxine’s Chicken & Waffles are all making names for themselves.

So you’ve munched on corn at the Indiana State Fair and had your mouth set afire by a certain shrimp-cocktail sauce. But what are the modern-day rites of passage? We have answers.

Maxine’s standard down-home recipe begins with peaches cooked with butter, sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla. That and three more takes on the treat here.