There’s a new Nashville chicken restaurant now open in Mansfield: Called 2 Neighbors Southern Chicken, it opened in March in the Broad Street Shopping Center at 2751 E. Broad St., where it's serving an authentic version from a family with first-hand knowledge.

Owner Carlonda Marshall is a native of Nashville who's getting some backup from her mother. "We grew up on Nashville fried chicken, as a little girl, that would be our Friday night meal," Marshall says.

Mansfield is a second location: Marshall opened the first 2 Neighbors in 2017 in Cedar Hill, before relocating to the Grow DeSoto Market Place in 2020, where it’s still open today. (They also briefly opened a burgers and shakes concept next door in the marketplace, which closed in 2024.)

The new Mansfield location has fast-casual service, where there's booth and table seating. Fans can buy hats and T-shirts with the restaurant's design.

The menu at Mansfield is similar to DeSoto location but with a bigger focus on Southern fried chicken. Customers can get plain fried chicken or the spicier Nashville-style.

There are also wings, chicken nuggets, tenders, and fried catfish. Most of the items are sold as baskets, with French fries and bread. Prices range from $8.50 for nuggets to $14 for catfish & fries. The only thing they're not doing at Mansfield is sandwiches.

Sides include fries with Cajun seasoning, plus coleslaw, collard greens, and mac & cheese, also from a family recipe, just like the chicken. Desserts include strawberry cake, banana pudding chess cake, and Wanda's Tennessee butter cake, a twist on the classic Kentucky butter cake, a moist pound cake with a butter and sugar syrup and a vanilla glazed crust.

The center where they're located has a healthy mix of shops and restaurants. They took over a space that was previously occupied by another chicken place called Chick'n Cone, now closed; but Marshall is upbeat about the area.

"Just looking in the Mansfield area and seeing all the growth there, we decided it’s kind of booming over there,” she says. "We're so busy in Mansfield right now, we're getting a lot of walk-in traffic."