>> Tati: WE HAVE IDEAS.
THEY’RE COOL.
WELL, YOU HAVE LIKELY HEARD OF
THE NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN CRAZE.
THIS MADE ITS WAY TO METRO
DETROIT.
THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT PEOPLE
ARE HITTING THE ROAD FOR JUST TO
GO AND TRY IT.
>> Jason: MICHIGAN OLIVER IS
TAKING US TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA
HOT SPOT YOU EUREKA EATERY TO FI
UP.
WILL DIVE IN.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE
TRAVELING FOR MILES TO GET A
TASTE OF THIS CHICKEN SANDWICH.
>> SO I’M FROM THE GRAND RAPIDS
AREA.
I WAS HERE VISITING MY DAD, AND
I FOUND THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE CHICKEN SANDWICHES LOOK
GREAT.
I WANTED TO TRY THEM OUT.
>> Reporter: LUCKY FOR THEM
THEY CAN FILL UP THEIR TANK AS
THEY STOP TO EAT, BECAUSE EUREKA
EATERY IS INSIDE THIS GAS
STATION.
>> IT’S AMAZING HOW THE GAS
STATION HAS TRANSFORMED AND WE
BECAME A DESTINATION SPOT IN
MICHIGAN FOR FOOD.
>> ORIGINALLY THE OWNER DIDN’T
PLAN ON OPENING A RESTAURANT,
FIRST HE HAD THE SPACE AND A
LOVE OF FOOD
>> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE FOOD.
I TRAVEL TO EAT.
I HAVE TRAVELED ALL ACROSS
AMERICA JUST TRYING DIFFERENT
RESTAURANTS OUT, TRYING FLAVORS,
AND DIFFERENT STYLES OF FOOD
OUT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
>> Tati: THEY STARTED OUT WITH
MEDITERRANEAN QUESTION SKENE BUT
SOON HIT THEIR STRIDE
>> I WAS EAT, MORE FLAVOR
PROFILES, I WANTED MORE FLAVOR
IN THE FOOD.
WE STARTED LAUNCHING MONTHLY
SPECIALS.
WITHIN THOSE SPECIALS IS HOW WE
DEVELOPED AND CAME UPON NASHUA
HOT CHICKEN AND MORE JUST
CHICKEN RESTAURANTS.
>> Reporter: AND FANS FLOCKED
TO THE RESTAURANT
>> WE HAVE SEVEN HEAT LEVELS,
COUNTRY, MILD, MEDIUM, HOT,
BURNING, SUCKING HOT AND
INFERNO.
WE USE THE HOTTEST PEPPER IN THE
WORLD, CAROLINA REAPERS.
THE SECOND HOTTEST USES THE
SECOND HOTTEST PEPPER IN THE
WORLD.
THEN WE USE GULF PEPPER,
HABANERO PEPPERS AND CAYENNE
PEPPER IN OUR OTHER INGREDIENTS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A
WONDERFUL SPREAD.
I CAN’T WAIT TO DIG IN.
SO LET’S GET INTO THE MENU AND
WE’RE GOING TO START WITH THE
TENDERS AND NUGGETS.
THESE ARE YOUR CLASSIC CHICKEN
NUGGETS.
THEY HAVE BEEN FRESHLY BATTERED
AND FRIED HERE AND ARE ACTUALLY
PRESSURE COOKED, LEAVING THEM
NICE AND JUICY ON THE INSIDE AND
CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE.
THEY ALSO HAVE TENDERS.
YOU CAN GET THESE, WHICH ARE NOT
SPICY, BUT IF YOU’RE A SPICE
PERSON, CHECK OUT THESE HOT
CHICKEN TENDERS, DIPPED IN
BUTTER AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT
OPTIONS FOR SPICE LEVEL.
IF YOU’RE IN ABINDULL GENERAL
MOOD, CHECK OUT THIS NASHVILLE
HOT CHICKEN MacBOEHM.
THEY START OFF WITH A LAYER OF
FRIES, THEIR HOMEMADE FRIES AND
TOPPED WITH NASHVILLE HOT
CHICKEN.
IT’S SPICY AND CHEESY AND
DELICIOUS.
THIS SANDWICH IS NOSE SIMPLE.
IT’S CALLED THE CLUCK IT.
IT’S FRIED CHICKEN WITH KETCHUP.
IF YOU WANT TO KICK IT UP A
NOTCH, WHY NOT GET THEIR DELUXE.
IT HAZLETT US THE, PICKLES,
TOMATO, THE FRIED CHICKEN AND
CHEESE ON IT.
YOU CAN ALSO TOP IT WITH ONE OF
THEIR SEVEN SAUCES.
FINALLY THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE,
THE SANDWICH THAT MADE THEM SO
FAMOUS, THE NATIONALVILLE HOT
SAMMY.
SO IT HAS THE SPECIAL JACK SAW.
IT’S TOPPED WITH HOT CHICKEN,
WHICH YOU CAN GET AT ONE OF
SEVEN SPICE LEVELS.
THEN COMES SWEET PICKLES AND
FINALLY TANGY SLAW TO FINISH IT
OFF.
SO DOES IT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE?
>> I THOUGHT THE SANDWICH WAS
GREAT.
IT WAS JUICY.
IT HAD JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
HEAT.
DEFINITELY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE.
I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE HYPE.
>> Jason: MICHIGAN, THAT LOOKS
SO GOOD.
>> OH, YEAH, IT WAS.
I AGREE WITH HIM.
I THINK IT LIVED UP TO THE HYPE
FOR SURE
>> Tati: OKAY.
WE HAVE SOME HERE IN FRONT OF
US.
SO WALKS THROUGH THESE REALLY
QUICKLY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU WITH
THIS?
>> THE MOST BASIC ONE, WHICH IS
CALLED THE CLUCKIN’, IT HAS
FRIED CHICKEN AS WELL AS SOME
PICKLES ON IT.
THE ONE I THINK JASON MIGHT LIKE
THE MOST IN TERMS OF HOW HE
DESCRIBES THE CHICKEN SANDWICHES
HE LIKES IS THE DELUXE, SO
THAT’S PICK D.L.ES, LETTUCE,
TOMATOES AND CHEESE, PLUS TOP
WITH IT THE SAUCE, FEIGN YOU
WANT TO GO SPICY, THAT’S WHERE
YOU GO TO THE NASHVILLE HOT
SAMMY, WITH SPICY CHICKEN ON IT.
YOU CHOOSE THE SPICE LEVEL.
PLUS THERE ARE PICKLES, SPECIAL
SAUCE, AND SLAW ON IT.
>> HELLO.
>> Jason: I DON’T KNOW IF
JASON WANTS TO GIVE ONE A TRY.
DEFINITELY TAKE THE SPICE LEVEL
SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, JASON.
>> HE GRABBED A SAMMY.
>> I’LL BE GOING FOR HOT.
>> Tati: YOU CAN SEE THAT WHY
AM I SAYING THAT
>> BE PREPARED
>> Tati: WE SHOULD HAVE HAD
SOME COKE HERE FOR YOU OR
SOMETHING.
>> Jason: MMM.
>> Tati: HOT?
TOO HOT?
PERFECT?
>> Jason: HASN’T KICKED IN
YET.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
>> IN MY OPINION, THE SPICE IS
NICE AND FLAVORFUL, SO YOU’RE
NOT JUST GETTING ALL HEAT.
IT’S LIKE YOU’RE GETTING NICE
FLAVOR WITH IT, TOO.
SO YOU GET THE HEAT, BUT YOU’RE
NOT LOSING THE FLAVOR.
>> Tati: IT’S NOT LIKE IT
BURNS YOUR MOUTH SO YOU DON’T
TASTE THE FOOD.
IT HAS A GOOD BALANCE.
I THINK IT’S KICKING IN.
HE JUST GAVE US THE WHEW.
>> Tati: THIS GUY NEEDS A
COKE.
>> I PERSONALLY LIKE THE MEDIUM.
I THINK IT WILL BE A NOTCH
DOWNWARD FROM WHERE JASON US
WITH.
>> THAT’S SO FUNNY, ON A SCAPE
OF ONE TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU
PLACE THAT ONE.
I’D SAY 7, 8.
>> THAT’S NOT EVEN THEIR HOTTEST
LEVEL.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE BURNING, THE
CLUCKIN’, AND THEN THE INFERNO.
IT GETS HOTTER FROM THERE.
THAT WAS HOT ENOUGH
>> Tati: MEDIUM IS GOOD,
RIGHT?
>> I GET THE FLAVOR.
>> Tati: LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
IS THERE A PLACE TO DESCRIBE,
LIKE YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT AND
ENJOY YOUR MEAL WHILE YOU’RE
THERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY HAVE PICNIC TABLES OUT
HERE.
THERE IS THE GAS STATION.
IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS
STATION.
WE HAVE THAT NICE LITTLE FENCE
THERE, THE TREES.
SO IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO STOP.
I WOULD GO THERE WHEN I WAS
HEADING DOWN TO CEDAR POINT.
IT’S QUITE FAR SOUTH DOWN ON
I-75.
IF YOU’RE HEADED TO CEDAR POINT
OR ANYWHERE IN OHIO OR ANY OF
THE OTHER STATES, STOP BY THERE
ON YOUR WAY DOWN.
IT’S DEFINITELY WORTH THE STOP.
>> SO THEY’RE LOCATED IN EUREKA,
THOUGH, RIGHT.
>> THEY’RE LOCATED IN MONROE ON
MONROE STREET.
>> Tati: OKAY.
>> SO 3080 NORTH MONROE STREET.
I’M CATCHING IT, MICHIGAN
>> IT’S CONFUSING.
WENT TO KITTERY IN MONROE.
>> YOU KNEE CA EATERY IN MONROE.
YOU TOOK US TO TASTY BURGERS.
SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GOOD...
YOU OKAY, JASON?
HE GRABBED A GLASS OF WATER.
>> HOW YOU DOING?
HE NEEDS MILK.
WATER DOESN’T WORK AS WELL
AGAINST SPICES AS MILK DOES.
>> Tati: WE’LL WORK ON THAT,
MICHIGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
THIS WAS AWESOME
>> THANK YOU
>> Tati: ALL RIGHT.
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