Barberton chicken

It is a distinctive Serbian-American style served in several mainly Serbian-owned restaurants in Barberton and nearby Norton and increasingly in other surrounding communities.

"[3] Barberton chicken began with Michael and Smilka Topalsky, Serbian immigrants who arrived to America at the turn of the 20th century.

[4] They opened a restaurant called Belgrade Gardens in 1933[2] in which they sold a distinctive style of fried chicken, along with a vinegar-based cabbage cole slaw, a rice and tomato sauce side dish seasoned with hot peppers (usually referred to as "hot sauce" or "hot rice", which can also be eaten as a dipping sauce or a side dish), and freshly cut french fries.

Barberton lore holds that these were exact replicas of what the Topalskys had known back in Serbia as pohovana piletina, kupus salata, djuvec, and pomfrit.

[5] A month later, the location reopened under new ownership as Village Inn Chicken, still serving the signature fried poultry.