From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — The owners of Seafood & Chicken Box in Trussville announced they will be closing the restaurant at the end of May.
The last day of business will be Sunday, May 26, 2019, according to a post on Facebook.
“With bittersweet emotion we announce that the Seafood & Chicken Box will be closing at the end of the month,” the post said.
The owners said they are retiring and will miss the community.
Southern Living magazine named Seafood & Chicken Box one of the top seven restaurants in the southeast for fried chicken. The dish is set off by a special seasoning known only as “goo.”
In 2017, Garden & Gun magazine listed Chicken & Seafood Box on the publication’s Fried Chicken Bucket List.
They also made the Tribune’s list of “15 great local dining options that you should try.”
“The chicken, cooked to order, comes dusted with a seasoning mix they call ‘goo,’ though it’s dry, powdery, and crystalline—like incredibly fine sea salt,” Garden & Gun feature writer Phillip Rhodes wrote. “It’s unusual, and gets most visitors off Birmingham’s beaten paths.”
Seafood & Chicken Box has been in business since 1972, orginating in Center Point before moving to Trussville. Its current location is at 5954 Chalkville Mountain Road, in The Trussville Shopping Center.