Chix

Chix is located right next to The Greek Spot, and if I wasn’t planning on eating at both places that night, I’m sure the decision between the two would have been mighty difficult! Chix is a bit tidier than The Greek Spot, I’m not calling its neighbor dirty, but Chix’s walls are painted a pale green, and its upstairs area of white tables and flat screens invite all to come and stay a while.

The kitchen on the ground floor is small and features the coolest rotisserie-above-a-fire-pit you have ever seen. I chatted with Lukas, one of the owners, about how Chix came to be. Lukas, who is from Columbia, went to American for business and Chix was his major project, for he noticed an absence of “cheap, healthy and delicious food” in DC. Soon after graduating, Lukas stumbled upon an old Peruvian restaurant that was in need of repair but with a rotisserie already installed in the kitchen. Lukas purchased the restaurant along with his partner Victoria whose father is from Cuba and was a famous chef in Miami. I ventured into Chix at around 6PM on a Friday night, and already it was bustling, in fact Lukas told me that on a busy night Chix does 60 orders per hour.

No wonder, because again, this place is good! I’m worried that all my reviews have been quite positive but somehow this block just makes good food and good food for cheap! I got ¼ of the Columbian chicken, that is chicken that has been soaked in coconut milk and Columbian coffee for 24 hours before being roasted on the rotisserie with a side of sweet potato cubes and noodles and cheese. I have to say that this chicken was a bit dry, but when pared with custard-like noodles it was quite the bite! My friend got ¼ of the Chix Chicken that was rubbed in a blend of secret spices and herbs that somehow we couldn’t quite guess but resulted in a sweet and extremely moist bird with extra crispy skin. He got the vegetable of the days, flavorfully simple zucchini and rice with cilantro. All this food for under $20, so comforting and healthy that I wish it was in the center of campus where it would definitely prosper!