The Untold Truth Of Popeyes
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- There was a time when Kentucky Fried Chicken dominated the fast food market for fried chicken, but it started facing some serious competition in 1972 from New Orleans’ own Popeyes Chicken.
KFC may still retain global popularity, but Popeyes' unique menu - that includes its signature Cajun fries, red beans and rice, and its famous fried chicken - is to die for.
Over the years, Popeyes Chicken has even come out with popular seafood dishes like fried shrimp and catfish. This fast food fried chicken joint has transformed over the last 40 years, and to find out more about this truly southern restaurant, here is the untold truth about Popeyes.
#Truth #Popeyes #Food
OK, not that Popeye | 0:00
Buying back the recipes | 0:58
The thing about those chickens | 1:24
An anti-antibiotic pledge | 1:56
You're suing for what? | 2:28
That secret spice | 3:13
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Do you love that chicken from Popeyes?
I prefer KFC
Mashed dont eat it, dont care.
I love popeye's,, but im just a black guy that eats chicken 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
W H A T I S L I F E? Nun f's given I'm all out of them
popeyes is 110 percent better than KFC
Choked on a chicken? Chew the damn thing instead of trying to swallow it.
he let it slide down his throat hole
johnnycatR58 I KNOW RIGHT
johnnycatR58 Love your bedside manner. Oh wait! All your patients died?
MEALSONWHEELS Little Nicky!
POPEYES CHICKEN IS THE SHIZZNIT
If you get hospitalized for choking your chicken you got some underlying issues
Hugh Jass should’ve been vegan or summ
I love the part when she says "but not everybody's happy with Popeye's procedure" and they showed that pissed off chicken. So funny
How do you choke on Popeyes chicken, I could understand their biscuits but chicken?
Never choked the chicken before?
Queen Fu Fu errr, its hard?
Lmao... Those biscuits do get a little dry. Take a bite out of one the next day and then see what happens to you!
Queen Fu Fu I choke my chicken last night
For next day use, wrap a biscuit in paper towel, microwave for 20 seconds and then slather with butter and/or red beans and rice.
You're welcome.
Idgaf where they get their chickens. Popeye's will always have a chicken tender place in my heart.
Yep, Sure I would like it if they got chickens from good places..but frankly I don't give enough of a damn to complain about it. Sometimes the suffering makes it taste better. lol
Hell yeah shits good af
OmegaGamingNetwork
You got me weak!!! "Sometimes the suffering, just makes it taste better". Lmfao!
That's so fucked up...but so damn true! I be saying that exact same shit too. Lol
STOP
@@OmegaGamingNetwork no pain/no gain.
I've been killing that 4 pieces mixed for 5 dollars. On a first name basis with the staff and shit
Four tenders only. You gotta pay extra for the mashed potatoes with Cajun gravy, and the sweet tea. But it's well worth it.
Every time I order a four piece though, I get like six or seven pieces. I'm like you. They know all about me there. Good chicken!
Jo12992 indeed it is good chicken. I was talking about the 4 pieces for 5 dollars deal they have now (not the tenders but actual bone in chicken). The girls working the counter have given me extra pieces too though.
Going inside is always faster than the drive thru
Yeah they love slang in them nickel bags of MSG
Dont know about health factor, but Popeyes is tastier than KFC for me.
Josh S5 no poop is better than KFC and popeyes
I think Asian KFC is way better. XD The American KFC is just a bucket of grease.
Sunny Wu you are wrong. All KFCs are gross
Josh S5 popeyes is unhealthier than KFC
Scott Telting it's because 1. KFC is a bit healthier than popeyes. That's why it taste like yuck
All my life I ate at KFC until two months ago I tried Popeyes for the first time and now I'm instantly hook. Their spicy chicken and biscuits was good. I stop going to KFC and buy Popeyes at least once a week.
TraumaCenter13 yeah and it's cheaper compared to the "deals" that KFC offer
drosh413 david you care enough to comment
Trauma it's your life but as someone who loves chicken myself why go to any Fried Chicken joint 1x a week? Home cooked is best but maybe try a place like Boston Market or similar places for rotisserie chicken. Matter of fact, I think almost every Walmart or major supermarket in america with a kitchen makes rotisserie chicken.
Nothing wrong with fried chicken in moderation (like drinking beer or wine)from Popeye's KFC or any chicken joint maybe IMO at most 1-2x a month for comfort food.
Both are really good
the fraze is, im hooked....not im hook....that would mean your a hook. or maybe your name is hook.
Imagine being born to think KFC is better than Popeyes
CrisInTheHood 4L Lmao so funny ha ha ha Kfc is better than popeyes so funny😂😂😂😂
Depends on the store tbh
Every child in them white neighborhoods
If you want the runs, run to popeyes!
Popeyes is the most inconsistent fast food I've ever had, every time I go its either really bad or good, there no in between
I'm born and raised in New Orleans, Popeyes chicken hasn't been the same since Al Copland owned it,and I'm talking about way before he merged with Churches.
coffEKolor yep
I tried the Popeyes on Canal Street in New Orleans . Way better than the chicken up north. So there is a difference between the taste of the original location and a franchise thousands of miles away. But I couldn’t imagine trying the chicken 25 years ago. Wow !
Same with Kentucky Fried Chicken till 1989 or 1990. Taste and smell was great around here, then the name changed to KFC and the taste was....GONE. Guess they didn't buy the recipe and were ordered to cut the MSG levels. My cousin told me about his first taste of Popeyes this week. He says if it comes over here, KFC will close.
Is the big secret this: 'Popeyes Chicken is the shiznit!' ?
Asking for a friend...
Sure even worse for money to buy the youth in in the world is used company has been involved first year old
Zucchini Yuan: Any chance you can translate that into English?
I prefer Popeyes over KFC, but I rarely am in areas with a Popeyes.
Also, try to avoid having that delicious, but fattening and salty fried chicken more than twice a month.
Cool story bro
I myself if I have Popeye's, the next time it will be KFC, I rotate.
1L6E6VHF it tastes better than u
I'm from Louisiana and we had a Popeye's in our town back in the mid 80's on. The stained glass light fixtures above tables featured cartoon characters from the Popeye's comics fixed into the glass all over the restaurant.
My EX knew the lady who was Al Copeland’s nanny while he was growing up. She worked for his family cooking etc. Al LOVED her chicken and red beans recipe and learned her recipe from her. He opened Popeyes with it and bought rights to her recipe paying her 10,000 and in the 70s to her that was big Time especially since she lived in the magnolia projects in New Orleans. Anyway she died at an old age in the projects still poor after money was gone. But everyone knew about her and that it’s her recipe for the chicken, beans and dirty rice. That is the insiders truth about Popeyes only native New Orleans knows about!
Doctors should offer patients a choice of an enema or Popeyes chicken. Same results.....
Yeah but Popeye's is a lot more pleasant on the way in.
The MSG part is what stood out the most.
I knew there was a reason why I always feel some funny kind of way after eating Popeye's Chicken
I wonder why after paying out all that money for the original recipe that they don't use it. After the sale, all I ever got was less and less heat in my chicken. Today Popeye's chicken in Washington is about the same heat as KFC. Certainly not the chicken I ate in Louisiana many years ago. Today in Wa. the heat is even less then what I ate 2 years ago in Arkansas.
jokeybob is right. The spicy chicken is never spicy anymore! And, it's usually old and double fried something. It makes me sad.
come to louisiana!!!!
I was in NOLA 2 months ago and I guess all the heat and spice is there. It was way more delicious than I get in my hometown.
Popeyes is love. Popeyes is life.
Wutsizface popeyes is disgusting!
Wutsizface fucker poo poo kidding lol. Besides popeyes and KFC and jollibee and church's chicken stinks!!
Lubdhak Das better than kfc at least.
Josh S5 no all foods stink. Never eat food
@@Great_WesternTVFan daaaaaamn! Why you gotta be so negative bro atleast have SOME respect
There’s a chicken council. Lmao
a/k/a Chicken grower control mafia
I distinctly remember going to Popeye's in the late 1970's and they did in fact use the Popeye cartoon character in their branding. I think you need to do more research on the origin of the name.
Is it just me or does anyone else think the close ups of their chicken on commercials looks like they're covered with glued on cornflakes?!
kept going in for the red beans and rice til I cracked the recipe by adding a few drops of liquid smoke to my own. i stopped eating the chicken long ago when the texture and taste was everything I could imagine deepfried salt, spices, clumps of flour and kinda slimey chicken parts would be like in my mouth.
My question is how much money did Popeye's pay to have product placement in the classic Adam Sandler movie, "Little Nicky?"
let me tell you this. i worked at panera for a year and am currently working at popeyes now. paneras food is not fresh. paneras ingridients are placed in a fridge overnight if not used up all during the resturants hours. popeyes makes a new batch of chicken everytime we are even near being low. we season the chicken, fry it, and make sure its the best of quality. popeyes is a clean, fresh and good workplace and nobody can tell me otherwise.
I just love how clean the meat is and how crispy the meat is as well
Popeyes always unless there’s a Bojangles around
I grew up in the small town Popeyes originated from. It was before my time. Tons of local rumors about old man Copeland. He was well known for setting up over the top Christmas light setups like Clark Griswald and the old money neighbors hated it. He had all kinds of divorce drama as well. Way I remember it he went bankrupt after overextending himself to buy out Churches chicken and both went to corporate hands after that. Who knows how many corporate conglomerate hands it’s been passed through since, but Popeyes still remains my favorite chain chicken place. KFC blows.
Pro tip, get spicy chicken, side of mashed potatoes and gravy with dirty/Cajun rice and some biscuits. Dip the chicken skin and biscuits skin into the mash and gravy, carb heaven. Treat yourselves.
Kahlbuto MacFarland You’re from Metairie? We used to go see his lights every year! After he died the kids demolished the house and they just recently rebuilt another one
They demolished it because they didn’t want his last wife to have it. He went broke because of all those marriages to gold diggers and alimony payments. His son bought that hotel on service road the one that is circle shape and named it Copeland Towers 😂 you can see it from the I10 driving to Metry!
Biba Isla Boutique Salon lol, I didn’t know those newer tidbits. I’m natural born trash from Da Parish actually. I was always told the first (perhaps it was just a very early location) was in Arabi.
I left after Katrina and I’ve been out of the loop since.
Kahlbuto MacFarland I have a lot of friends from Da Parish 😍 they are so fun!
The first Popeyes opened in late 70s or early 80s. I think it was either Uptown on Broad st or Downtown on Broad st. I will have to ask around. I am in my 40s so we use to go to the original one in New Orleans. Popeyes used to have all the Popeyes cartoon paraphernalia everywhere! And the Saturday morning Popeyes special on tv where all the kids would get Popeyes and interviewed in between showing Popeyes cartoons! I wanted to be on that show so bad! If you miss home you can find the original footage of all Old New Orleans on youtube, the news, worlds fair, Popeyes show! I still live here and I miss New Orleans. I’m a stranger in my city!
Biba Isla Boutique Salon I hit the 40 in a couple of months myself. I recall the old Popeyes locations. I loved the old design with that black charcoal like walls. I just remember growing up in Chalmette hearing of Copeland having a chicken stand on the side of the road back in the late 60s or so. Like it was a little stand, I believe they used to say it was on St.Bernard hwy down around where the old drive-in theater used to be. That’s what I meant by the “first Popeyes”.
I miss my 20s more than I miss Nola, lol. But I gotta say, I was lucky to have had my youth in the perfect town for it. All in all, it comes down to shrimp/fried oyster poboys, snowballs, nightlife, and king cake. I mail order Randazzos (keepin it real) king cakes from time to time.
Biba Isla Boutique Salon oh, just to stamp my Nola cred card, I once got Morris Bart to flash me on Bourbon.
Even though it wasn't actually named after the cartoon show, the ones I saw throughout the 90s sure had his face on the outside of the building.
My dad worked for Al Copeland, he also created the recipe for the biscuits and redbeans & rice. So I grow up around Popeyes food all the time. Whatever I eat Popeyes it's instant memories from when I was a kid.
Popeyes chicken, is FU☆KING AWESOME!👍👍
L G little nicky lol
"yes brother... yes" -katt williams
L G no its disgusting
this coke tastes like pepsi
Yes it is!
I love how you *drag* fast food chains😂
honestly love this narrator, really makes these videos great
As long as those chickens had a happy life, before I start munching down on them, makes me feel much better! Cheers!
Antibiotics make chickens grow bigger faster...???? What???
vanscoyoc inb4 pterodactyls 2.0
The way the environment is when they force feed chickens causes them to get sick. Instead of using antibiotics they want them to use more sanitary procedures.
To be honest chickens with out antibiotics bothers me more
tdawg719
Antibiotics are a two edged sword, they keep the animals healthy but they also aide the development of resistant bacteria.
Yeah, as usually Mashed purposefully makes misleading statements to get subs. In this case, blurring the use of hormones and antibiotics. As someone already pointed out, antibiotics don't make chickens grow bigger, that's what hormones do. Antibiotics keep chickens healthy and free of things like salmonella. And BTW hormones in the US are not legal, so that's a non-issue. Notice also how the headline on the antibiotics also blurs the details, by combining Popeyes with all the food production of the parent company - again purposely misleading.
Remember how big Church's chickens were! You know they were injected with growth hormones
Ugh I been craving Popeyes for 2 weeks now! And this comes up on my suggestions! Thanks!!
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
Popeyes > KFC
Maybe in America
I just got Popeyes today!
BRAUUUN did it "get these hands" . . . greasy?
BRAUUUN throw it in the bin
The best fast food fried chicken is Lee's Famous Recipe. Only problem is, there's not enough of them around.
NYET! Didn't change my mind. Heading for popeye's right now! There is better chicken out there but popeye's is best bang for the buck!
Bo Jangles
Monisola Elliott
YEP !!
they just don't know, do they?
It’s better!!!!
Monisola Elliott I haven't had Bojangles chicken in over 30 years. From what I remember, it was very good. I wish they were out in California.
Monisola Elliott
Bojangles in VA (any part) is utter trash. I went to see friends in NC and was like this can't be the same company. Cause that chicken was great. Popeyes is still better, though.
Courtney D. Waller I also only know the Bo Jangles in NC and it is good.
I miss Pioneer chicken.
Vandelay Industries
There is a lot of them here in LA, California. Pioneer chicken is good.
Yvonce' ...wait, there is? I'm in LA, I use to go to one on San Vicente I think, so the chain didn't close?
Vandelay Industries lovecpioneer chicken , but, hot it in LA..
Vandelay Industries
Go on Yelp you will find all location.
Vandelay Industries I thought there was only one in LA left. Used to love it in Northern California.
I love Popeye's,but unfortunately,our Popeye's quantity went down and prices went UP! Whatever happened to those secret menu items?!
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Wish they were here where I live in Canada. Would love to give them a try.
Oh well we've got Mary Browns chains at least... and that um.. KFC place that seems so lackluster lately.
Mathew Ward They’ve got them in Toronto. I used to eat there once a week, but their menu didn’t have the selection of the US menu.
Where do you live? They are common in cities around Toronto at the very least.
Popeye is Canadian now
Michael Chan Oh interesting!
Ash On the east coast. We have none around here. Only Popeyes Supplements which I keep mixing up with them lol
Bojangles > everyone else
2017? That explains A LOT. My local store changed so suddenly -- went from cooking everything fresh (15-20 min wait, but it was amazing, hot, fresh, crispy) to "holding" food. Now the food is soggy, and usually undercooked. I quit going after I got sick on two seperate occassions within a month immediately after eating from there. Shame.
I was eating popeyes while watching this
Church's chicken is better
I'm lying I hate church's chicken
wth is church chicken?
I wouldn't go anywhere near a church
TwistedNerve google it
greenrobot5 well have fun in hell
Churches Chicken is the same as banquet chicken.
Mmmmm.........I love fried chicken and I've never try it at Popeye's through these years. 😋😃😀
Tell me about it? it looks and taste like KFC. Or maybe.
Jade Cummings no it doesn't. Popeyes is much better than KFC.
Popeyes chicken is so moist. And you can get spicy which is dipped in hot sauce before breading.
Try Popeyes it’s so good
Jade try making your own fried chicken. Use lard instead of corn oil and see what the difference is. "Grandma's fried chicken" is home made to perfection and so would yours if you tried lard. The thing is...save and re-use the lard. It gets better and better.
Takes on a golden color from the chicken. Makes really good fries too.
Just try it.
The popeyes in my neighborhood used to have a mural of the cartoon on the inside.
Trivia: Even though the restaurant wasn't named for Popeye the Sailor, he was still their mascot from 1978-2012*. So, maybe not *originally* that Popeye, but eventually yeah, that Popeye. (And no offense meant to the chain, because I enjoy their chicken, but I'm sure the cartoon name recognition helped the franchise at least a little bit.)
(* - Edit: Another source says 2006, so I'm not sure when exactly it officially ended.)
I had Popeyes yesterday. My disappointment was immeasurable, and my day was ruined.
i feel you. Wasted time, money and belly space can lead to clinical depression.
cruelty free is a joke. You can't be cruel free when you literally paying money for their deaths. Same with cage free and humane and all those other labels. Cage free basically means they are not in a cage but have a 1 square foot area instead which is the same size as a cage.
Snow Ghost people hear cruelty free and imagine the chickens free ranging on acres upon acres of beautiful farm land.
Snow Ghost what's the alternative? If the 🐔 weren't produced on the farm they wouldn't be alive ever.
My thoughts exactly..
Chickens are too stupid to be mistreated.
Chickens are actually very intelligent animals..
As a military brat growing up in England the Air Force base only had a Burger King so when a Popeyes Chicken poped up everyone was stoked. A few months later they had a bad batch of chicken in which they served that was infested with maggots. To this day I have yet stepped foot into a Popeyes. I know it was a particular situation that has nothing to do with the other locations, but it sticks with me.
I love eating Popeyes that's my favorite restaurant I get their 3or 2 pieces of chicken and red beans and rice and biscuit and a large soda mmm I want me some more
MSG makes food taste better.
That's why they use it, but MSG has sent me to the ER. I really like Popeye's, but can't have it, peeling the skin off helps, but temptation wins. So I have to eat at home and make everything from scratch. There's a lot of hidden MSG in things. It's not fun having your heart pounding so hard in your chest enough to make you think you're having a heart attack or your guts feel like a blender went thru them for the next 4 days, and or swollen lymph glands. But I did learn a trick to flush it out. Salt and baking soda in a glass of water, repeat in 2 hrs. MSG is a salt, so I use 2 salts to push out a salt. I got the idea from carbon monoxide poisoning using oxygen to push out the oxide, O vs CO.
NaCl & NaHCO3 vs C5H8NO4Na
It works for me, just have to catch it fast when I start feeling the symptoms from something that MSG was hidden in. I think KFC would kill me, they brine with salt and MSG. I think popeye's only brine with salt.
The first time I ate food containing MSG, my heart pound so hard that I almost died. From then on, I am very careful not to eat anything containing MSG.
I never had an MSG problem until about 10yrs ago shortly after swallowing a silver filling.
Not a fan of the chicken nore their mash and gravy. Red beans and rice and the fries are good.
joe maldo Eat Donahoo's chicken. Unless you live somewhere else than California then I feel bad. Also go ahead and call it poor but the quality is just superb I mean for it's price it is pretty much better than Popeyes price and quality wise.
The law suit is extremely funny.
Choke the chicken. XD
I just had some Popeyes chicken today, yesterday, the day before that and the day before that. I think I will have some more tomorrow. I love that chicken at popeyes.
worst biscuits on earth and gravy is crap as well
Curly cardboard rectangles is right. The heat up frozen biscuit pucks. That ain't right.
I remember the old decor in the late 80s through 90s had popeye the sailor and bluto and olive oil for their decor
did I hear her say a guy named Newton choked his chicken at Popeye's?
I will not spend my money at my local Popeyes . It aint spicy and has no flavor at all .
Charles Sedor You should come visit 1 down in New Orleans then.
Yep, I feel you. Yes the same way with many Papa’s here in Philadelphia . And that’s because you have immigrant franchisees that put no heart and soul or effort into the process, resulting in an inferior product. Mainly because they don’t give a shit about the people or communities that they serve .
Over price Chicken,. Popeye and KFC. Garbage
Ivan Drago KFC is over priced
Churches Chicken is so good
jaywaffle333 churches chicken stinks
Just tried Waker Chicken .... best ever I have tried. Appears to be a Korean based chain with a few on the East Coast.
Popeyes was in my area quite a few years ago and was shunned out of the area in about a year, It seems to be trying to make a comeback. I think I tried to order once but I did not like the smell of the place so my wife and I left and went to the fish market and got some fresh catfish and cooked it at home.
Do yourself a favor and Eat Chik-Fil-A ✔💯
Derrick Mitchell Chick-fil-A is overpriced
TraumaCenter13 not really I'd say fairly priced. They serve better fast food chicken than all other competition
Derrick Mitchell You can get a better chicken sandwich from KFC $5 fill up menu.
Meh. If I really want a chicken sandwich I just slap to pieces of bread on some popeye's.
Derrick Mitchell I agree. Liked their chicken sandwiches as well but they dropped that. Plus the staff is great and they have great service. Their iced tea is OK as well. But down south brewed iced tea is still the best especially in SC.
No matter what the video says about the inspiration for Popeye’s name, I do recall a huge drawing of Popeye the Sailor being outside the restaurant that was near Times Square a few decades ago.
My town is getting a Popeye's that is right across the street from an existing KFC. Chicken wars in my town!
i got clickbaited again by 'Mashed' potatoes, I thought by the mystery of the title that this had something to do with health matters. I feel so violated, YUCK!
We don’t have Popeyes in Australia 😢
I love the red beans and rice and biscuits, but the chicken is just OK. Want to know how to make potpies biscuits? All you need is Bisquick, sour cream, and 7-Up.
Secret ingredient MSG? Sign me up. That stuff's delicious. I seriously want a shaker of it for dumping into my own food.
We have a Popeyes opening here in Calgary in June 2018 on 17th Av and 12th Street SW right across the street from a KFC.That should be interesting to see who does better.They are both strong brands.The one that uses free range chickens should win I hope.
Let me ask y'all a question I thought Popeye was known for spinach not chicken
😂
What's up with that name?
Popeyes need to bring back their spicy chicken sandwich, they now only have 1 chicken sandwich on the menu (they use 2 regular chicken strips with bread & lettuce) & it doesn't even taste good... Chick fil a is too far from me
Nothing beats Jollibee and KFC ^^
I enjoy Popeye's. Love spicy chicken, red beans & rice, and a biscuit. Probably too many carbs, but a nice treat/comfort food. Good thing there is not one in my county- i would eat too much of it. I knew paprika and cayenne would be 2 main spices in the blend. Too bad they use MSG. Don't need it. A little seasoned salt is fine for most things
There pieces are miniture they must be using all Cornish hens. Churches is the only chain I've found that uses full size chickens
I was thinking of opening a pop eyes in edmonton
LMAOOO that shyt is addictive
i ate popeyes for the first time a month ago. woke up at 1am and sat on the toilet until 3. the bathroom resembled shreks swamp in stench and appearance
I like Popeyes chicken. But the one nearest me closed. No other one close by. Lots of KFC and a Churches. And I hear there are some korean fried chicken places near by that are good too.
I can't eat Popeyes Chicken anymore. Every time I do, I get sick the next day.
One time... I saw a man eating popeyes chicken on the back of his truck...
Great chicken and even better onion-rings! I wish other fast-food chains could be equal...Carl's Jr (poor), Burger King (poor) & McDonald's(none).
Next : can you do untold truth about Mashed please?
Someone saw a lawyer choking and didn't step in to finish them off? Now that's a crime against humanity!
Only get chickens from a HEALTHY environment, that later on slits their throats...
You gotta love it.
Royal farms has great fried chicken and the chicken sourced locally from the DelMarVa region
Honestly, what could go wrong with battered deep fried chicken? They’re all delicious and this is no secret. Secret ingredients when it relates to these kinds of food are all hype :)
FYI: Popeye ate SPINACH, not fried chicken. (Although I recall one cartoon when he went into Bluto's diner and ordered roast duck.)
Just so you know. There is no such thing a "cruelty free" chickens. Impossible.
Al Copeland went bankrupt after purchasing Churches fried chicken in the early 90’s.
There was a few Popeyes labeled as Super Popeyes.
You guys could have focused more on Al Copeland. He was an amazing man.
Love the chicken, red beans and rice and the biscuits. Oh yeah
Great stuff! They better no change the recipe.
okay but why was there a picture going on of a dog getting cooked at popeyes......
I like the chicken at Popeyes but I don't like the gravy on the mashed potatoes. In the end it's usually a toss up between Popeyes and Bojangles. Though funny enough another place that has some real good fried chicken is a grocery store in my area called Carlie C's, it's part of IGA; they have excellent chicken. Also some Arab run gas stations where I live have pretty good fried chicken. Then again I live in the south and that's home of fried chicken lol.