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"Few fast-casual restaurants have a good-time guarantee like Suya Suya inNorthern Liberties. There are always Afrobeats playing, the scent of buttery cornbread hits you as soon as you walk in, and groups of friends are often laughing over their Suya salads and hot drumsticks. You’d never guess it's a crime scene, but this is where lips have been brutally murdered. The chicken bowl features tender, grilled meat with a Nigerian yaji coating on every inch. You get it all with a dusting of spice: notes of ginger, lots of garlic, and the cayenne pepper that bullies your senses. The fragrant bowl comes with fluffy rice and your choice of sweet plantains or cornbread. And they help, like how a water gun could help put out a bonfire. But they taste good either way." - Candis R. McLean