DINING FEATURE
BY KAREN CHANEY
THREE DISHES TO TRY Palmer Fortune said authentic Nashville hot chicken is served as two connected bone-in pieces. 1 The Little White ($12) is one breast and one wing plus two sides. 2 The Hot Chicken Caesar Wrap ($12) features romaine and iceberg lettuce, Parmesan cheese, croutons, chicken and Caesar dressing. 3 The Spinach Salad ($8 plus shrimp at market rate) has red onions, button mushrooms, dried cherries, Georgia candied pecans and Gorgonzola cheese.
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Palmer Fortune said the restaurant’s concept is family and child friendly. (Photos by Karen Chaney/Community Impact Newspaper)
Palmer Fortune co-owns Palmer’s with his wife, Amanda Fortune.
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Palmer’s Lakewood eatery specializes in Nashville hot chicken, cat sh and shrimp W hen Palmer and Amanda Fortune opened Palmer’s in Lakewood in Novem- and wraps. Plus their proteins are o ered in a variety of heat levels. Palmer explained the di erent levels of heat: “’Naked’ [is] no heat; ‘Novice’ is mild; ‘Nashville’ is hot.”
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“I had a dream that I was bussing tables at a Porch in Dallas, [and then] my wife said, ‘Why don’t you y to Dallas and see what that dream is about?’” he said. Palmer’s was asked to be the exclusive Nashville hot chicken ven- dor at the 2022 State Fair of Texas. “That’s a huge break for our small business,” Palmer said. The eatery will serve its Mother Clucker Sandwich, tenders and other popular menu items. “The best thing is, after working a shift here, you leave knowing you talked to every customer and knowing they enjoyed it,” Palmer said of his favorite thing about owning the restaurant. “That makes it worthwhile.”
ber 2020, they brought years of restaurant ownership experience with them as well as a menu that was tried and true. The Fortunes own two restau- rants on Sea Island/St. Simons Island in Georgia. One is Palmer’s Village Cafe, and the other is Porch. The restaurant concept they chose to duplicate in the Hillside Village shopping center is Porch, which features Nashville hot chicken, cat sh and shrimp. Palmer said the eatery was originally Palmer’s Hot Chicken, but he realized that did not represent their grilled chicken, shrimp, salads
Palmer’s 6465 E. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 316, Dallas 972-863-9366
“‘Nashville’ should make your forehead sweat but not ruin the taste of the other food,” he said. “‘Napalm’ is just stupid. It’s a gimmick, but there are a few that like it.” Palmer said there were multiple reasons they chose to open Palmer’s in Lakewood, with one being that he was born in Dallas. Another was he wanted to move from St. Simons Island to Dallas to “get my kids in a metropolitan area with more diver- sity and culture.” Another reason came to him while he was sleeping.
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