The 8 Best Things to Eat in Brooklyn This Summer
Wilma Jean
345 Smith Street, Carroll Gardens
Fact: Fried chicken skin should make an audible crack when you first bite into it. Fact: The meat should be tender and juicy. Fact: If you’re not licking your fingers at the end of your meal and picking up all the fallen crumbs of crispy skin, then your fried chicken was not among the best in Brooklyn. Happily, the version at Smith Street’s Wilma Jean meets all these criteria and then some. The skin is a deep, burnished gold and redolent of spices, and the bird’s interior is as succulent as any chicken we’ve ever had.