{"id":160874,"date":"2026-02-02T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/160874\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:06:07","slug":"review-in-los-angeles-howlin-rays-still-draws-long-lines-and-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/160874\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: In Los Angeles, Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s Still Draws Long Lines and Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">If you need to know whether Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s still maintains its hold over Los Angeles, visit during peak lunch hours. Since opening in 2016 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2015\/7\/27\/9047093\/morning-briefing-howlin-rays-hot-chicken\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">food truck<\/a>, graduating to a <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2016\/4\/5\/11366484\/howlin-rays-chinatown-opening-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chinatown home in Far East Plaza<\/a>, and growing with an expansive sit-down <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2022\/11\/16\/23462309\/howlin-rays-hot-chicken-pasadena-restaurant-opens-second-location-arroyo-parkway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pasadena outpost<\/a> in 2022, a lengthy line has become the Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s hallmark thanks to Nashville-born hot chicken served with such consistency that the originators of the recipe, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2021\/2\/1\/22251704\/la-nashville-hot-chicken-prince-family-hotville-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Prince family<\/a>, even gave their blessing. Owners Johnny Ray and Amanda Zone curated a tight team to service the quickly moving queue by cranking out hundreds of hot chicken sandwiches, tenders, and wings each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">The Chinatown location feels designed for takeout. Grab a seat at Far East Plaza to take in the excited hum that envelops the historic building. At Pasadena, settle in for a while with a glass of wine or beer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">In the early days, Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s Chinatown sometimes had an up to <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2017\/12\/27\/16823278\/howlin-rays-line-insane-holiday-building\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five-hour wait<\/a>. Those days are long gone, but order online for faster pick-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you need to know whether Howlin\u2019 Ray\u2019s still maintains its hold over Los Angeles, visit during peak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-160874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}