bb.q chicken, a Korean fried chicken chain, opened a location in Athens, Georgia in September. The restaurant boasts a large menu with various chicken flavors, rice and ramen bowls, and Korean beer.

Chimaek is “one such discovery”. A Korean language “mash-up” of fried chicken (chi) and beer (maekju), chimaek is a combination that’s been “a staple of Korean dining for years”.

In Korea, going out for a meal of chicken and beer is such a common activity that it has its own name: chimek. There are many different types of Korean fried chicken, aka KFC, but the best known ...

A Korean fried chicken restaurant that opened last year in Worcester now hopes to open a second location later this month in downtown Framingham.

But when it comes to the good ol' Korean fried chicken and beer combo, locals don't tend to be quite as familiar. Because once you've had it, you'll crave it too often to ever forget it.