Free Range

TOO BOMB!
the honey sriracha chicken biscuit and the avocado toast are to die for.
the biscuit was soft and flaky and the chicken was so flavorful. of course, the added fried egg made my heart explode rainbows.
the avocado toast had egg inside the toast and yolk oozed out deliciously with each bite.
I cry tears of joy with every bite.

Already going in with high expectations, Free Range somehow met and exceeded mine.
As a virgin Free Ranger, I ordered the OG fried chicken with bacon and THE must: honey sriracha sauce.
The chicken was perfect, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The brioche bun is wonderfully toasted and the sauce… my god, THE SAUCE. More sweet than spicy, I can take shots of it until I get diabetes.
As if it wasn’t perfect enough, Stumptown is right next door.
Only downside is after finishing this $ 14 sandwich of all sandwiches, it leaves you wanting another… but I’m not bout to spend $ 30 on lunch.

Oh lawdy, this place might just have tied or taken the throne from Kogi as my fave food truck! I got the OG Chicken Sandwich and asked them to add honey sriracha and it was soooo good. The chicken inside was really juicy and outside was crispy perfection. The honey sriracha sauce is about ⁸⁰⁄₂₀ honey/​sriracha ratio, from taste. Coleslaw was pickled but not too sour.
Service was quick and courteous, but prices are a little high. Oh, they have ginger beer with real ginger in it! I was really tempted but didn’t bite since I wanted Stumptown nearby. From what I was told, they show up at this location near Stumptown on Tuesdays and Saturdays… so mark yo calendars and treat yoself, those New Year goals never work out anyway ;)

Got there at 11:15 after walking 4 blocks to get there and said they were closed even though there opening hours are till 11:30. Obviously don’t car about customers. Wont ever go back.

OH MY GAWDDDD!!! I ate here almost every day I was in LA. We drove 40 minutes from where we were staying just to go here the second time. Soooooo freakin delicious. Do NOT go to LA without eating at this food truck. Best place for breakfast/​lunch. The biscuit is heavenly. The eggs are cooked perfectly… that perfect orange yolk oozing all over my biscuit. Yummy. Ugh, I’ve said enough. Just go.

one bite of their sriracha honey fried chicken sandwich
and you’ll be in lock step with them until the wheels on their truck fall off
so money, especially on that thick, flaky biscuit (omg, drooling now)
knocked off a star because their original was a little boring
the fried chicken was perfect
just the overall flavor combo was a bit *snore* in my book

I’ve had Free Range on my list of bookmaked places to eat for a while now, somehow the last few trips I made to Melrose Ave/​Fairfax Ave, I’ve either forgot they serve breakfast, or I just wasn’t hungry. Anyhow, made my first visit here yesterday morning before I started my Black Friday shopping. I was greeted right away (didn’t catch her name) but she was super cool, friendly and told me a little about their menu since it was my first time. Ended up ordering the Honey Sriracha W/​Egg on a Brioche Bun (they didn’t have any biscuits) upon recommendation and via all the Unilocal reviews, and yes it was worth the long wait (of me coming here finally, there was no line when I arrived I beat the crowd yay) and the hype is the real deal, hands down one of the best fried chicken breakfast sandwiches I’ve had (well, also a first haha) now if only they’d do some stops closer to where I lived besides the DTLA/​West Hollywood areas, ah well well worth the trek! Next on my list is the avocado toast hopefully next time I can also try a sandwich with avocado and a biscuit.

An Absolutely beautiful chicken sandwich. Presentation A+ taste A+. The Atmosphere of this food truck is even better the workers are great and their food is even better. I tried the OG chicken sandwich which had coleslaw and It was awesome. My boyfriend had the honey sriracha and it was just the right kind of spicy! The only complaint I do have is that the breading on the chicken could have been a little more crunchy and thicker however it was still a remarkable experience.

3. So, I don’t live in downtown, however I want to support growth in DTLA, so I went. It was a good sandwich but the pics are better than it tastes. I arrived at the food truck and kind of wondered why this location? But again Im not an expert on DTLA. When I arrived the line was short but for some reason it took forever to get our sandwiches. I want to say maybe 25 mins. I ordered the egg cheese and bacon biscuit and while it tasted great, by the time they called my name it was kind of already cold.
It was a good sandwich. Biscuit was flaky but super duper oily. Of course biscuits are not supposed to be healthy but I just felt like this was excessive.
Would I go back. Yes. Would I go out of my way. No.

It is fusion soul food. They get the chicken perfectly crispy and tender — amazing! Their sriracha-​honey sauce also work in outstanding harmony. There’s some kind of alchemy going on in the truck.
I ordered the original and the Avocado Toast. Toast is fresh, refreshing with all that guac, and somewhat filling. The egg is hidden, but makes a grand entrance, oozing out from the middle of the dish.
The OG is definitely worth trying. It stands on it’s on in quality. The texture and flavor compliment each other, as well as the other toppings.
I was fortunate enough to sample the sriracha-​honey biscuit that my friend ordered and i was not disappointed by that either. I don’t think FreeRange can do any wrong… or can they? I’ll have to go back and find out.

Everything I’ve ever wanted in a food truck. All the food we got was great! The only drawback was the wait and the prices.

The honey siracha Chicken biscuit is the best breakfast/​brunch sandwich I’ve ever had! It’s a warm flaky biscuit with honey siracha chicken, cheese & egg! Incredible! It’s huge & very filling, you will probably get full with just that sandwich. I also tried the chicken sausage but instead of the English muffin I substituted it for a biscuit and it was delicious as well. Their biscuits are some of the best too! One thing I will say is that it’s definitely not a place to go for breakfast every day because of the prices, the honey siracha biscuit I believe was $ 9 and the Chicken sausage biscuit was $ 7.75 I believe, but it’s worth every penny. So i highly recommend this place for the best breakfast/​brunch in LA I’ve tried. Just a heads up once you try it you will be craving it constantly lol

To be totally honest, my experience at Free Range definitely didn’t live up to all the hype I heard/​read about it. It was a good sandwich, but it just didn’t quite grab my attention and pull me in.
What I Ordered:
1 Honey Sriracha Free Range Fried Chicken Biscuit — $ 9
1 Avocado, Egg & Cheese Muffin — $ 7.75
1 Seabold Ginger Beer — $ 6
My food truck criteria are only 3 categories: Food, Service, & Creativity.
1) Food: B
As touched on above, it was a pretty good sandwich. Definitely have had better though. The chicken was coated in honey and sriracha sauce, which was for sure tasty, but it was actually a little bit overcooked which made it tough to bite cleanly through without it being dry and stringy. In addition to that, on the menu it states that the egg is cooked ‘over easy’, but my egg was definitely over hard! So disappointing! Since the chicken was a tad bit dry, it would’ve been super helpful to have a nice egg yolk spilling down onto the rest of the sandwich; however, this was not the case. You’d think a place that prides itself on eggs and chicken would be able to cook at least those two things perfectly!
2) Service: C+
Eh. Not impressed with this either, honestly. They took my order, and she just seemed a bit flustered. It was most likely because there were only two employees working the truck at the time, but that’s an issue the management should be able to fix and avoid most of the time in order to provide better service. Pretty plain service, and I didn’t feel any sort of genuine, personal connection with the employees. That may sound strange, and I understand, but the thing is that I’m looking for ANY form of genuineness when I eat at a place. My order was taken, and that was it. No attempt at conversation, no brief comments about anything, really. I’m actually not even sure if I saw a smile unfortunately.
3) Creativity: B–
I’m not sure if I would say ‘creative’, but I mean it’s hard to go wrong with breakfast food in general, especially when you add biscuits and avocado toast to the mix. I do really like the combo of honey and sriracha sauce, and the fried chicken salad. Again though, I’m disappointed in the execution of it all.
Would I recommend Free Range to a friend?
Probably not, but I am willing to give it another shot. I really wanted to like Free Range, but once I go back then I will re-​assess my opinion of it.

Saw pictures of their bomb-​ass food on Instagram while I was living back in Chicago and made it a goal to try this place out as soon as I moved to LA. Holy s***: Amazeballs.
Got there at 10:40 and left by 11:15.
Line was long, moving slowly.
2 people were working the food truck.
Took ~30 minutes to prepare, but in their defense, there were about 10 customers before us.
They stop taking breakfast orders around 10:45ish since they close around 11:15.
Ran out of the biscuits but was given the lunch sandwich bread instead– not bad at all actually.
Ended up getting the honey sriracha chicken biscuit (sandwich) and it tasted as good as it looks in it’s IG pics. The fried egg perfectly complimented the excellent chicken – seriously, as good as it gets.
I would be prepared to wait. But honest to god, it is so worth it.

Really delicious food. — couple qualms: the biscuits are served cold. They’re absolutely delicious but I want them warm!!! I don’t know why they aren’t but, alas, cold it is. They ran out of the avocado toast which is apparently their most amazing item (they wouldn’t put it on another bread. It’s all made to order, which is great taste wise but it takes a loooong time. Which sucks for service.
Overall, I loved it and I’ll be back. Cold biscuits and all!

This truck has a decent breakfast sandwich. I had the honey sriracha fried chicken biscuit sandwich with fried egg. For some reason they wouldn’t scramble it for me. Okay. Chicken was good, egg was good, biscuit was maybe a tad stale.
Price point is okay ($ 9), maybe bordering on expensive for truck food. I mean it’s basically diner quality. I guess you’re paying for the convenience?
Anyway, it was good. BUT…
The truck has a B Health Dept Rating.
Yes that matters to me. Won’t return until they achieve an A rating.

Hands down best breakfast chicken sausage I have every had. It was hot and oh so tasty. The bun was perfectly flaky and warm. The potatoes o brien that I got on the side were great and very tasty as well. Gotta get some fresh squeezed OJ on the side too.

Hm, I didn’t realize that great rating came from only four reviews (it’s hard to tell on the app). I stopped at the truck in eastern downtown for lunch, as I was passing it on my way to a nearby bakery. The food from the bakery was great, here not so much.
I ordered the honey sriracha fried chicken biscuit. Sounds good, right? It took over 10 minutes to get. I’m not going to complain about that, no one’s calling this fast food. It looked pretty good, but that’s where the goodness ended. I really didn’t like any part of it. The biscuit was just ok, nice crispy texture but not terribly tasty. The sauce was rather mild, both in terms of heat and general taste, which was not what I was expecting from a honey sriracha sauce. I certainly didn’t detect any hint of sriracha, or spice. And the chicken? That was the worst part. It looked to be a decent size as it was sticking out of the biscuit, but a good 10−15% was just fat. As in I bit in, couldn’t even chew it, and had to spit it out. There was also egg on top, but it didn’t seem to go well.
Now, when I pay $ 9 for just a sandwich (to be fair, that’s including tax), I expect to at least get an above average meal. I could’ve gotten a biscuit at Popeyes and some honey chippotle chicken fingers at Chili’s, made a sandwich out of that, and been far happier. It’s not just the price, almost every part of that sandwich was sub-​par. If they were offering them for free I wouldn’t even bother.

*** Hmm, um … that sure is some good fried free range chicken. ***
So I’m rolling down Motor Ave when I see a red graphic of a chicken.
It was ~ 2pm. I see a considerable line of ppl waiting for orders, so I
decide to pull over to check this scene out. It was Free Range truck.
The Babe and I hadn’t eaten so I ordered a Chicken Sandwich ($ 11)
and a Honey Sriracha Chicken Sandwich ($ 9). $ 20 total, I thought?!
This is a truck. Yet I must say that both sandwiches were quite tasty.
*** Huge, hearty + delectable. I’d definitely recommend this truck. ***

After weeks of talking about it, @katie310 and I finally set out to West Hollywood to indulge in the acclaimed honey sriracha fried chicken sandwich. Baby OJ in hand, we drove an hour through the rush of morning traffic, and as we approached the window, they leaned out to tell us they were closed. The dismay on Katie’s face was evident, so I did something I normally wouldn’t do, and I asked him to make us one exception. He did. The result was not only an incredible culinary savoring, but more importantly a quality, compassionate, human experience that you so rarely receive in this world.