Hillsdale’s dark and cozy Cider Mill Lounge also houses Fryer Tuck Chicken, a legendary source of chicken and jojos. As elsewhere, jojos here go by another name, “spuds,” an inadequate moniker for these hefty fried potato wedges. Diners can choose from full dinners with chicken, spuds, and a choice of sides or the snack box meals, with chicken by the piece, spuds, and ranch dip.

Jojo Food Truck blasted onto the scene in 2019 with its delightfully unhinged social media presence and Instagram bait like Flamin’ Hot chicken sandwiches. Years years later, the popular local business got a Pearl District glow-up with an airy, plant-filled brick-and-mortar location serving cocktails. The restaurant sells boneless thighs, popcorn chicken, and tenders alongside the shop’s crispy, mashed potato-fluffy jojos, with a variety of house sauces ranging from house ranch or barbecue sauce to pepper relish or Alabama white mustard. In addition to the impeccably seasoned fried chicken and jojos, diners can now order brunch —including a robust vegan menu — on the weekends.

Like Alberta Market — and less than a mile west on the same street — Cullen’s Corner is also a convenience store with a strong fried chicken and jojos game, popular with Jefferson High School students and neighborhood regulars. Fair warning: if hitting this spot during off-peak hours, the heated food case might be woefully bare. With most of the hot food, including corn dogs and taquitos, being a bonafide bargain, this makes sense.

With wood-fired whole birds and dips like chimichurri and habanero carrot sauce, this Hawthorne food cart doesn’t exactly do traditional chicken and jojos. But the “guns” in question — crispy potatoes, seasoned with lemon and sea salt, and served with pickled onions and creamy Peruvian aji sauce — are a welcome alternative to the usual.

This popular deli that’s expanded into more of a sports bar is a Burnside street institution. It’s not just known for gyros and souvlaki but also one of the city’s best jojo examples that aren’t called jojos. Fried potato wedges here go by “Greek fries” and are dressed up with Mediterranean seasonings like oregano; instead of being served with ranch, Mad Greek serves its Greek fries with omega sauce, a creamy mixture of mayonnaise, feta, and dill.

With counter service locations on both sides of the greater Portland area, Big’s Chicken is known for its smoked Alabama-style chicken with “white gold” barbecue sauce, a tangy mayo-based condiment. Both spots also fry chicken thighs and jojos; one noteworthy menu development, available at happy hour, are the plates of jojos and shredded smoked chicken, smothered in creole gravy, and garnished with green onion, cotija, and white gold sauce.

Chicken and jojos tend to be best enjoyed in their natural habitat, the dive bar. To experience a stellar version of this combo, head to Montavilla’s Hour Glass where the burnished wings and jojos are a perfect meal for perching on a barstool with a jukebox playing.

Up until 2018, this video poker bar near Mall 205 shared the same ownership as Reel M Inn, the inner southeast dive, famous for its fried chicken. Supposedly, Sadie Mae’s uses the same recipe, and there’s no question the chicken is well-seasoned with ultra-crackly skin. The massive jojos are so thickly cut, eating a wedge is practically like snacking on a whole baked potato.