Fried chicken restaurant

Type of restaurant

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A Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Los Angeles, opened in 1990

A fried chicken restaurant is a fast food restaurant that serves (mainly) fried chicken—usually chunks of chicken, battered or breaded and deep-fried.

## United States

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See also: List of chicken restaurants

The concept of the fried chicken restaurant originated in the United States. These restaurants may also serve other food items, such as roast or grilled chicken, seafood, or hamburgers. KFC (previously Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a well-known example. Others include:

* Baes Fried Chicken
* Bojangles'
* Brown's Chicken & Pasta
* Bush's Chicken
* Chick-Fil-A
* Chicken Delight
* Chicken Express
* Church's Texas Chicken
* Crown Fried Chicken
* Golden Chick
* Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
* Harold's Chicken Shack
* Kennedy Fried Chicken
* KFC
* Krispy Krunchy Chicken
* Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
* Mrs. Winner's
* Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
* Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
* Roy Rogers
* Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
* Zaxby's

## Canada

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Chains of fried chicken fast-food restaurants originating in Canada include Dixie Lee based in Napanee, Ontario and Mary Brown's based in Markham, Ontario. Several US-based chains have also outlets in Canada, including KFC, Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Chick-fil-A,[1] which has been expanding in multiple Canadian cities, gaining popularity in provinces like Ontario and Alberta.

## United Kingdom

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U.S.A Fried Chicken in Bristol Lick'n Chick'n in Bristol Perfect Chicken in Archway, London

Restaurants are commonplace in inner city areas of the United Kingdom.[2] The United Kingdom has one of the largest, fastest growing and most diverse fried chicken markets in the world, with about 1,000 individual brands and 1,700 outlets.[3] Shop signs are commonly designed in a red, white and blue colour scheme, and include a drawing or cartoon of a chicken, as well as a reference to the Southern United States.[4]

Especially popular in poor and ethnic minority neighbourhoods, fried chicken restaurants have been criticised for contributing to urban blight. For instance, the Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, has said that the proliferation of chicken joints hampers prosperity in his constituency.[2] Residents in Waltham Forest see them as "eyesores that encourage anti-social behaviour", according to a poll.[5]

Chicken shops are nevertheless regarded by some people as important cultural institutions in the UK, particular for black and Asian communities. A 2017 article in Vice suggested that as meeting places and providers of cheap meals, they play an important role in neighbourhoods marred by the impacts of austerity and other government policies.[6]

Other popular UK chicken brands include Chicken Cottage, Morley's, and Dixy Chicken.

## Other countries

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Entrance of Siipiweikot restaurant in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland

Australia

* Chooks Fresh & Tasty, originally named River Rooster, with, as of 2010[update], 39 stores, mainly in Western Australia. There is also Belles Hot Chicken, Country Fried Chicken, Oporto and Red Rooster.

Guatemala

* Pollo Campero, a fried chicken restaurant chain with over 200 locations in twelve countries, including 50 in the United States.

Ireland

* Hillbillys, a Cork based fried chicken restaurant with locations throughout Ireland
* Chicken Hut, Limerick fried chicken outlet
* John Grace Chicken, Cork City fried chicken outlet

Indonesia

* California Fried Chicken, an Indonesian fast food restaurant chain principally serving fried chicken. Its primary competitors are KFC, McDonald's, A&W, and Texas Chicken, and as of March 2019, it runs 269 locations across Indonesia.
* There are types of Indonesia (only) fried chicken restaurant such as D'Besto, Sabana (fried chicken restaurant) , d'kriuk, etc

Nigeria

* Tastee Fried Chicken, a fast food fried chicken restaurant with eight locations, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Philippines

* Jollibee, a fast food chain with over 1500 branches worldwide.
* Max's Restaurant, with over 100 branches in the Philippines and several more in the United States.

South Africa

* Chicken Licken
* Hungry Lion

South Korea

* Bonchon Chicken, the most famous fried chicken chain of South Korea, with over 338 branches in the South Korea, Asia, Middle East and United States.

Taiwan

* TKK Fried Chicken, most popular Taiwanese fried chicken restaurant in Taiwan and overseas.

## See also

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* Companies portal
* Food portal

* Chicken restaurant
* List of fast-food chicken restaurants
* National Fried Chicken Day

## References

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1. ^ "Chick-fil-A Locations Near Me | All Branches 2025 [JAN]". 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
2. ^ a b Pati, Anita (2008-03-26). "Finger-lickin' Britain". The Guardian. London, UK: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
3. ^ "Church's Chicken Expands to UK". Reuters. 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
4. ^ "Cheesy fries and the Bandito Pockett define fast food in Singapore". CricketMX.com. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
5. ^ Emling, Shelley (2008-04-07). "Church's tries to capitalize on Brits' love of fried chicken". AJC. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
6. ^ "The Chicken Shop Is London". Vice.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.

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Chicken-based restaurant chains

Global|

* 4FINGERS
* Albaik
* Al Tazaj
* Bonchon Chicken
* Buffalo Wild Wings
* Buffalo Wings & Rings
* Buffalo's Cafe
* Chester's
* Chick'nCone
* ChicKing
* Church's / Texas Chicken
* Dave's Hot Chicken
* Dixy Chicken
* Galito's
* Jollibee
* Kenny Rogers Roasters
* KFC
* Marrybrown
* Nando's
* Pollo Campero
* Popeyes
* Southern Fried Chicken
* SugarBun
* Wienerwald
* Wingstop

Regional|

| Africa|

* Chicken Licken (ZA)
* Chicken Republic (NG)

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Asia|

* Bacolod Chicken Inasal (PH)
* California Fried Chicken (ID)
* The Chicken Rice Shop (MY)
* Dicos (CN)
* Geprek Bensu (ID)
* Home Original Chicken (CN)
* Juewei Duck Neck (CN)
* J&G Fried Chicken (TW)
* KLG (TW)
* Kyochon (KR)
* Mang Inasal (PH)
* Max's Restaurant (PH)
* Nene Chicken (KR)
* Pelicana Chicken (KR)
* SCR (MY)
* TKK Fried Chicken (TW)

Europe|

* Chicken Cottage (UK)
* Dixy Chicken (UK)
* Morley's (UK)
* Southern Fried Chicken (UK)

North America|

* Boston Market (US)
* Bojangles' (US)
* Brown's Chicken & Pasta (US)
* Bush's Chicken (US)
* Chefette (BB)
* Chick-fil-A (US)
* Chicken Express (US)
* Chicken in the Rough (US)
* Chicken Salad Chick (US)
* Cluck-U (US)
* Dixie Lee (CA)
* El Pollo Loco (US/MX)
* Foosackly's (US)
* Golden Chick (US)
* Golden Skillet (US)
* Guthrie's (US)
* Hen House Restaurants (US)
* Harold's Chicken Shack (US)
* Hartz Chicken (US)
* Juan Pollo (US)
* Kyochon
* Lee's Famous (US)
* Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken (US)
* Mary Brown's (CA)
* Mrs. Winner's (US)
* Pioneer Chicken
* Pollo Campestre (SV)
* Pollo Tropical (US)
* Quaker Steak & Lube (US)
* Raising Cane's (US)
* Rostipollos (CR)
* Roy Rogers (US)
* Scores (CA)
* Smithfield's (US)
* St-Hubert (CA)
* Swiss Chalet (CA)
* Tip-Top (NI)
* White Fence Farm (US)
* Wild Wing (CA)
* Wing Zone (US)
* WingStreet (US)
* Zankou Chicken (US)
* Zaxby's (US)

Oceania|

* Belles Hot Chicken (AU)
* Big Rooster (PG)
* Chargrill Charlie's (AU)
* Chicken Treat (AU)
* El Jannah (AU)
* Oporto (AU)
* Red Rooster (AU)

South America|

* Frisby (CO)
* HNT Chicken (BR)
* Royal Castle (TT)

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