Maryland Fried Chicken - Albany

I give a 5 star purely because I believe in Maryland’s. Been eating it for 33 years now I believe. Fried Green tomatoes and Liver Gizzards Combo is my go to. Love it. The bag smells so good, I can’t hardly wait to get home. Tater tots for the win and the prices are fair. Speed is decent as well. I like the additions they throw in like Smoked Ribs. Today I went and got the usual but wanted to try mashed potatoes. They were HORRIBLE. Please go try KFC Church’s mash then taste yours and you’ll see the difference. Mashed potatoes tasted like paper bags. I never order other people slaw because I know they should be able to make instant mash taste well. I still give Maryland’s a 5 because everything else was great. The Customer service was Great at the service window, she talks like we’re family.

There are few places whose food takes me back to my childhood years with a smile. The gizzards were amazing. They reminded me of sitting on the tailgate with my mom, and I've tried gizzards from all over Albany and never had that joy before. The boneless spare ribs (think that's what they were) were great. Tl;dr‐if you want good food, stop in.

They FINALLY cooked my wife's gizzards softly enough BUT I gave it four stars instead of five because I told them no seasoning on aforementioned gizzards.

I've been going to Maryland since I was a kid. I'm almost 60 years old now. I had to show my driver's license to buy a Welsbox. I guess for a long time customers look like crooks or something for these people. I'd be more concerned about some of the staff I've seen in the past, but what do I know? Over 50 years of patronage ruined. I can get the street down in both directions at a convenience store. It's almost as good and sometimes better, and I don't have to show my official papers to do it.

For 7 dollars I received the saddest excuse of chicken strips I have gotten in a long long while. I would have preferred it if they told me they were out of pieces than waiting 15 minutes to receive this. This isn't even strike one for this place though. They do not prepare their gizzards well at this place either, as they sometimes fail to remove the skin which makes the food nasty and bitter. It's a Russian roulette on whether or not your gizzards will be nice which is why I went with strips and they even failed in that regard. Just terrible.