Instagram - AdamTheWooATW Which tv and movie productions do you remember pioneer chicken from ? Also make sure to check out Sean’s Channel - CZcams.com/malfuncsean
Thanks for recommending him! I provided a link for him to check out for himself, someone I know that has firsthand experience about alot of his subject matter!
Let me settle the "yellow" versus "orange" dispute once and for all. That building is tangerine in color. Love your vids, I'm gonna go eat there, tangerine or not.
@@karenhargis9824 The teacher in that movie was played by Ray Walston, who played the Martian in the "My Favorite Martian" TV show. In the mid 70's I was driving down west on Sunset Blvd in Brentwood. In the lane next to me, driving a little Honda 600 car I noticed the driver and thought, "that looks like Ray Walston." I knew that it was him, when I saw the back of the car. The regular Calif. plate was located above the bumper on the left rear of the car, and I noticed another license plate mounted over the rear bumper, on the right side. The plate had all of this undecipherable reading on it, and where you would see the name of the state mounted at the top of the plate, it said "Mars", so I knew that it really was him. I wish that I had a camera to take a picture of it, or to wave him down to talk to him, but I never forgot about that. I wish that I could buy that plate, and add it to my collection of license plates!!
I worked at Pioneer Chicken in the late 70's. On a triple payday weekend we would have a line out the door. We had a great crew, no one would have to wait more than 3 minutes for their order. It was a blast working there with my best friends, come Sunday night after the last customer was out we would mix Orange Bang with Vodka and watch the Cruisers go up and down the block.
Omg! I had no idea there were any left. The best. I’m going to have to take a field trip. It was greasy as all get out but the flavor was awesome. Better than KFC.
THANK YOU! My siblings and I grew up loving Pioneer Chicken. We started going to the one on Oahu, HI near the Navy housing, then when we moved to San Diego we went to the one in North Park. Sadly all are closed in SD but I heard of rumors of one still in LA. So glad to see that confirmed. Will definitely make the trip!
I worked for Pioneer chicken from 1980 - 1984 while attending high school. It was fun working there. My brother was the cook and I was able to hire some friends. I still love the food ! Too bad I have to drive 6 hours to enjoy it!
oh man this place was so darn good. The first location is literally the one me and my dad went to in the mid 80s!!! 🙌🏾 I miss living in California so much! Really enjoying these videos.
Thanks for posting! This brought back so many good memories of my childhood... For those of us who were born in the 70's; the pioneer chicken sign brings back nostalgia of the past.
I recall that the skin was very uniquely crispy and thick. I also recall hurting the roof of my mouth occasionally due to how crunchy and hard it could get in spots. The skin was my favorite part. I nearly commented on how Chinese restaurants cleverly or not so cleverly repurposed the signs, but you could always tell that it was originally a Pioneer Chicken sign due to the unique shape. The cartoonish commercials were great too.
I had no idea that there were any remaining locations of Pioneer Chicken. Adam, you probably are too young to know this, but I remember a time when there were only two restaurants that gave out toys for kids (in our area anyway): Jack in the Box gave out rubber balloons, and Pioneer Chicken gave out awesome educational toys. The earliest toy that I can remember from Pioneer Chicken was a spy microscope/telescope about the size of a large fountain pen. Of course, the chicken wasn't bad either! Great memories! Thanks, Adam!
Wow timewarp back to the past. I ate there with my grandma and Mom when I was around 10 years old. Love this series Adam, it's so nostalgic and addicting. I can't wait until the next one.
Awesome! A long lost chicken joint that i remember as a kid here in California. I know of 3 OC locations that still have the signs up with different resturants utilizing the die cut sign frames. 👍
I’ve always seen these and have never made a pit stop. Time to change that and seeeee what I’m dealing with! It would also be a cool series to stop at mom/pop stores in So Cal that have been open for 40-50 plus years.
awww I loved pioneer chicken when I was little!!! of course the one we had here has been gone for a long time. I just remember it being so greasy and good
Okay Dude, the Bell Gardens location is the one my husband sent me to one day. It looked like it was abandoned. The foilage was not groomed. I pulled up to the drive thru order box and was shocked to have someone ask for my order. The window was not a typical drive thru window. It was a regular sliding window you'd find in a home. My son and had good laugh. Thanks for stirring up the memory. And... I just may need to swing by and grab some now that you mention it.
Okay, now you got me craving Pioneer Chicken! Took me back to the days when I used to walk with my mom to the one that was on Vermont & Florence at the shopping center (where an old market called Super Buy used to be). Their spicy rice was delicious! Then I came across the one that was on Olympic & Fairfax and fell in love with it again...until they turned it into a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (which is now a Dunkin' Donuts). I'd be more than willing to take that long Metro bus ride just to taste that yardbird again after six years 😋 ETA: Tried some earlier this year (2024). Still tastes like childhood 😊
@@sw2938 LOVED Fosters Freeze. There are still a few left. Adam and I talked about hitting one up. Pup & Taco was amazing but those are LONG GONE. Never heard of Carnations.
There's a chinese restaurant by my house that has a really weird shaped sign in the front of it. I was never able to figure out what the shape of it was supposed to be until my dad told me that it used to be a place called Pioneer Chicken. That's why the sign was shaped that way because it was supposed to be a covered wagon. They just never took it down at the new restaurant and instead just painted over it. Pretty cool to see what the original sign would have looked like.
This is awesome. As a child in So Cal, it would be tradition for us as a family to head to Pioneer's to this exact location. So iconic. The feels. Now 44 years young, I genuinely loved this video, Adam. Thank you :)
OMG! We used to have one by our house in Phoenix, Arizona! Back when I was a kid in thee 80's! As soon as I saw the sign, it all came back. Wow! Lol! Thanks! I remember the sign rotating as well.
As a resident Angelino, I’m very well versed with Pioneer chicken. I lived in the Echo Park area in the late 80s and went to school at Logan Elementary which is just a block away from that old Pioneer Market and yeah, I remember that Pioneer Chicken and got plenty of meals there. I last had pioneer chicken probably over 5 years ago at that same Soto/Whittier location. And that Hollenbeck Park is right across the street from the old Linda Vista Hospital which has its own long and storied history. As far as I knew, it was the ONLY spot lol. Now I know there are two. I may make a jaunt down to Bell Gardens sometime soon. It’s funny, I’m less nostalgic and more sad that such an LA staple is almost gone. I mean, who doesn’t remember that wagon logo?!?!
I use to go to that one in EP back when I was younger, and there used to be one on Montebello Blvd in MTB. The one in Alhambra on Main and Fremont became an Alberto's. I see the trend, a lot of these longtime institutions changed when the neighborhoods changed too.
When I go back to California, I have to make a trip to a Winchell's. There were 4 of them in Arizona, where I live, owned by the same owner, whom I spoke to, but they are all closed down now.
Wow! I completely forgot about Pioneer Chicken! That signage was pure blast-from-the-LA-past! You and Sean have good rapport, two quirky guys with niche knowledge and interests. I enjoy listening to the two of you converse.
the corn on the cob was always so good, sweet :) as we are eating KFC now. We have no KFC in Barstow now so we had a friend get us some from 35 miles away. We had a Pioneer here years ago when our Barstow Del Fried Chicken closed, best chicken anywhere and the oldest open Del Taco is next door and still open. Barstow Del Taco's are not part of the chain and so much better and bigger taco's and foods of the chain Del Taco's
No, not dipped in butter. Perpetually rolled in butter. All day. The cobs were stuck on wooden sticks and stuck in like spokes on a round wagon wheel like contraption. The wheel would lay on top of the deep round pan of melted butter and roll around in a circle. It was quite a thing to see when you're a little kid. I was happy to hear from your friend that the chicken coating still tastes the same. It is very unique. xoxo
OMG, Pioneer Chicken and Winchell's donuts. Junk food sustenance from my SOCAL youth. Kinda wondering if it tastes the same, back in the day they still fried in lard (both at Pioneer and Winchells). Would finish off a Pioneer Chicken meal with a 25 cent triple scoop from Thrifty Drug. Surprising to see a Floridian jones'ing it for PC. Hope it was good.
i really enjoy your videos im 58 and have been struggling with life lately your videos remind me to get out and try to enjoy life instead of just working every minute.Im a auto worker so have had no stay at home order had to work or be fired
I totally appreciate this vlog. It brings back memories for me. There was a Pioneer Chicken in San Pedro and my mom use to work there when I was a kid. I use to go in there a lot. Thank You for this special vlog!
The Pioneer on Sunset is where my dad would pick up Pioneer Chicken for our family on the rare occasions that my mom didn't make dinner. It was a treat to get to have take out! LOL!!!
I was born in 61! Today, I went to the one in Bel Gardens, had a 2 piece, fries and mash potatoes ! Hadn't had Pioneer Chicken since 81. Brought back memories! Went today 4-30-22
Hollenbeck Park was once ghetto, people were told to stay away from that park 15 years ago lol. There was a hospital across the street that was haunted now a senior care center I believe. You should try El Tepeyac the Hollenbeck special burrito in the Boyle Heights area...
My grandmother lived on Echo Park Avenue a few blocks from the Pioneer Market in the 60s. My dad and I used to go there to get her groceries and the smell of chicken was sooo tempting! We did get chicken from the Pioneer in Bell. Loved it! Glad to see the Bell Gardens one is still going!
Yes! I thought they were all gone! I had one two blocks from my home in south LA county and had to drive near Koreatown for it. That one closed around ten years ago and I haven’t had Pioneer’s since. I haven’t watched your video yet but I’ll for sure be going this weekend wherever it is!
I remember one at the 3-way intersection of Fairfax, Olympic and San Vicente in the miracle mile/faifax area. Now a Coffee Bean Tea & Leaf. Structure is still that of the Pioneer Chicken. Also in thee early 80's, a neighbor of our used to work at one on Vermont Ave just north of the USC campus. My sister and i used to meet up with her to accompany her back home. Not a bad walk for a couple of them strawberry parfait from their refrigerated 3-tier turntable counter display. Great teenage years! :)
I ALWAYS saw that sign for Pioneer Chicken when I was little and I always believed their chicken was delicious! I never had it! I really should stop by and finally try it after 25 years!
I grew up going to the Echo Park Pioneer Market and eating at the Pioneer Chicken next to it. This was during the '80s. I can recall seeing Pioneer Market as a industrial-like building. Rain or shine, earthquakes or holidays, it was always open! Always reliable! When the nearby Safeway Market briefly shut its doors due to a storm or earthquake, Pioneer Market was open. You were able to purchase your supplies and groceries. When it rained, there would be buckets at the entrance to collect leaks from the ceiling. There would be a candy area inside the market. You were able to scoop up and bag an assortment of candies. My favorite was bagging the square-shaped, milk caramel candies. The Pioneer Market then later was constructed to be a two-storied building with the tiles on the roof. There were large tubs filled with rice, beans, nuts, candies, etc. I would occasionally sample a chocolate-covered almond or two. There was a toy section, adjacent to the breakfast cereals. I'd get a toy gun, plastic army figures, bottles of bubbles, and other fun things. There was a little photo area for film roll dropoffs. Those were the good old days! Too bad the family did not want to continue the business. Walgreens and Lassens are in its place now. As for Pioneer Chicken, in Echo Park, it did not have indoor seating at first. You had to order the delicious chicken from a window, sort of like from a hotdog/hamburger stand. The building's exterior colors were sky blue, orange, and white. Great place to get crispy fried chicken! Did go to the Pioneer Chicken in Boyle Heights. Absolutely the same flavors and ambiance that I remembered as a kid!
Your Star Wars shirt is such a crazy coincidence. The first time I saw Star Wars when I was a wee lad of 7 years old in San Diego had me standing in line for what seemed an eternity as the line wrapped all the way around the building and stretched across the parking lot to the Pioneer Chicken. It was an amazing day.
@@malfuncsean Oh my gosh I spent soooo much time at the Westminster Mall I should have got a job there. It was the place to hang out with my friends long before this social media stuff ruined everything. Sadly some of those friends are no longer with us. I saw the video of Adam going to the mall to get a Orange Julius. The mall sure has changed a lot since the last time I was there.
Remember when Westminster mall used to have the food court directly in the middle of the mall with all those awesome ramps to the lower level?? That was awesome as a kid. They ruined it by moving it to the Sears wing.
I grew up in Orange County. I totally forgot about Pioneer Chicken. I saw this in my feed and did a quick search for commercials of it in the 80's. You're awesome Adam. Thank you.
Maaaan that is ooooold school! I remember that Pioneer chicken wayyy back in the day. Reminds me of my youth. Grew up right down the street from that spot. Vintage
I’ve made it a tradition now to watch these videos on my lunch break at work. That way I’m eating while you’re eating and then I don’t get hungry watching!
I’ve been commenting this on most of his videos. I don’t live in LA anymore but as soon as I visit and land at LAX my cousin takes me straight to King Taco in East LA....
My family is friends with the King Taco family. I remember spending Christmas at their house 1 year and accidentally getting locked in their bathroom. They had only 1 restaurant back then. Just down the street from their house. They were good people Raul and his wife.
Thanks for this! They were all over! when I lived in Hollywood, Western and Hollywood Blvds. were the apex of the red light district! Thanks for the history of the chain. I thought that we were going to get a 2-for-1 vlog day, when I saw the Winchell's donut sign in the beginning.
Awe ... the memories ... I worked at the Pioneer Chicken on Turnpike Rd across from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara for a total of 1 hour while I was in high school (there was a misunderstanding about my availability to work). Good to see they're still around.
When I was a little kid I remember my babysitter would take me to Pioneer chicken and correct me if I'm wrong but I remember they had fried chicken smothered in a tangy barbecue sauce. It was my favorite meal whenever we went there for lunch. The sauce was so tasty and delicious! Fun times at Pioneer chicken.
Adam, if there's a Church's Chicken anywhere near you, it would be really nice if you could do a food review there. I've never been there as there are no establishments near me, but I've heard great things about it and would love to hear/see your experience. However, I completely understand if that's not possible as of yet due to the weird times we're living in.
Hi wanna let you know there is a church's chicken in Riverside Ca on University and I believe Kansas st. Try it out it's good, I drive all the way from Corona for their chicken
We have Church's Chicken where I'm at sometime you got to watch where you go to cuz most of the time their chicken is raw inside bleeding just not done they closed when I'm down and remodeled Valentine is there chicken is still the same not done
Loved this place as a kid in San Francisco. That orange batter has some magic crack on it that made it so good. Pioneer Chicken was also in the music video by Debarge, Rhythm of the Night. And I believe OJ Simpson may have owned one on Olympic Ave , which is closed for several years now. Awesome video 🤙🏻
26 episodes of not getting anything out of these videos but hunger. So much hunger. And living so far away. And on quarantine. And in some other country. Adam, you're killing me.
Awwww! Thank you Adam! I remember, as a little kid, driving around "town" with my dad and seeing this sign. This would have been late 70's... what a wonderful memory! 🙂 Thank you for you channel! ....and the food looks great!
I love this place!!! My mom always took me there as a young girl, now I'm 44, last time i went with my mom was May 2020, she passed away August 😢, so when I'm in LA i stop by & pick up a meal for me & my boyz...I was there last wk ordering a meal, spanish rice is a must!!! I love to keep my mom's memories going with our Pioneer Chicken take out. I love the cryspiness & don't mind the grease lol
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Which tv and movie productions do you remember pioneer chicken from ? Also make sure to check out Sean’s Channel - CZcams.com/malfuncsean
Thanks for recommending him! I provided a link for him to check out for himself, someone I know that has firsthand experience about alot of his subject matter!
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Let me settle the "yellow" versus "orange" dispute once and for all.
That building is tangerine in color.
Love your vids, I'm gonna go eat there, tangerine or not.
Sidenote - "You guysss, you guysss...Did you see the size of that CHICKEN?!?"...(all I can think of with all this chicken dining)
@@karenhargis9824 The teacher in that movie was played by Ray Walston, who played the Martian in the "My Favorite Martian" TV show. In the mid 70's I was driving down west on Sunset Blvd in Brentwood. In the lane next to me, driving a little Honda 600 car I noticed the driver and thought, "that looks like Ray Walston." I knew that it was him, when I saw the back of the car. The regular Calif. plate was located above the bumper on the left rear of the car, and I noticed another license plate mounted over the rear bumper, on the right side. The plate had all of this undecipherable reading on it, and where you would see the name of the state mounted at the top of the plate, it said "Mars", so I knew that it really was him. I wish that I had a camera to take a picture of it, or to wave him down to talk to him, but I never forgot about that. I wish that I could buy that plate, and add it to my collection of license plates!!
I worked at Pioneer Chicken in the late 70's. On a triple payday weekend we would have a line out the door. We had a great crew, no one would have to wait more than 3 minutes for their order. It was a blast working there with my best friends, come Sunday night after the last customer was out we would mix Orange Bang with Vodka and watch the Cruisers go up and down the block.
The good old days.
Good times
With all the pandemonium and chaos we face in these days your videos are my moment of sanity. Keep it real Adam. You're an essential service.
my thoughts exactly! it's my escape!
I went to Pioneer chicken with my late Grandma and Grandpa all the time in Stockton California.
I'm from Stockton it was on charter way close by hemlock st.
My Grandmother used to take me the one in Lodi.
On Charter way. I live in Stockton now
Pacific ave?
Omg! I had no idea there were any left. The best. I’m going to have to take a field trip. It was greasy as all get out but the flavor was awesome. Better than KFC.
THANK YOU! My siblings and I grew up loving Pioneer Chicken. We started going to the one on Oahu, HI near the Navy housing, then when we moved to San Diego we went to the one in North Park. Sadly all are closed in SD but I heard of rumors of one still in LA. So glad to see that confirmed. Will definitely make the trip!
I worked for Pioneer chicken from 1980 - 1984 while attending high school. It was fun working there. My brother was the cook and I was able to hire some friends. I still love the food ! Too bad I have to drive 6 hours to enjoy it!
I'll take it to u....give me ur number....me so hungry...me feed u long time.
oh man this place was so darn good. The first location is literally the one me and my dad went to in the mid 80s!!! 🙌🏾 I miss living in California so much! Really enjoying these videos.
I need to get some pioneer before it's gone forever. Loved it.
I need to get another taste of my childhood asap
Then move back to eat there 😋
Thanks for posting! This brought back so many good memories of my childhood... For those of us who were born in the 70's; the pioneer chicken sign brings back nostalgia of the past.
You definitely hit a home run with this take out series.🤙
WOW pioneer.. talk about..nostalgia time
I hear Orange Whip, and I think of John Candy in the Blues Brothers. "Orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips."
Runescape"
I thought the exact same thing
Me too!
Exactly!
An improved line also...
I recall that the skin was very uniquely crispy and thick. I also recall hurting the roof of my mouth occasionally due to how crunchy and hard it could get in spots. The skin was my favorite part. I nearly commented on how Chinese restaurants cleverly or not so cleverly repurposed the signs, but you could always tell that it was originally a Pioneer Chicken sign due to the unique shape. The cartoonish commercials were great too.
I had no idea that there were any remaining locations of Pioneer Chicken. Adam, you probably are too young to know this, but I remember a time when there were only two restaurants that gave out toys for kids (in our area anyway): Jack in the Box gave out rubber balloons, and Pioneer Chicken gave out awesome educational toys. The earliest toy that I can remember from Pioneer Chicken was a spy microscope/telescope about the size of a large fountain pen. Of course, the chicken wasn't bad either! Great memories! Thanks, Adam!
Omg this was dinner once a week when I was a kid. ❤️❤️
Wow timewarp back to the past. I ate there with my grandma and Mom when I was around 10 years old. Love this series Adam, it's so nostalgic and addicting. I can't wait until the next one.
Awesome! A long lost chicken joint that i remember as a kid here in California. I know of 3 OC locations that still have the signs up with different resturants utilizing the die cut sign frames. 👍
Very cool !
@Carrie im at work til later today. So ill let you know after i get out of here. Kinda weird they used the die cut signs for another buisness.
#1 on Lincoln and Knott Ave, Anaheim: CHINA KING #2 Lincoln and Magnolia, Anaheim: BOY'S BURGERS the 3rd is around them but i'm thinking where tho.
I’ve always seen these and have never made a pit stop. Time to change that and seeeee what I’m dealing with! It would also be a cool series to stop at mom/pop stores in So Cal that have been open for 40-50 plus years.
Dude you gotta check it out
Pioneer made my favorite chicken. I wasn't too crazy about their mashed potatoes and gravy tho. Juicy chicken man
awww I loved pioneer chicken when I was little!!! of course the one we had here has been gone for a long time. I just remember it being so greasy and good
Nice and juicy.
Love how retro some of these places are 👍
Okay Dude, the Bell Gardens location is the one my husband sent me to one day. It looked like it was abandoned. The foilage was not groomed. I pulled up to the drive thru order box and was shocked to have someone ask for my order. The window was not a typical drive thru window. It was a regular sliding window you'd find in a home. My son and had good laugh. Thanks for stirring up the memory. And... I just may need to swing by and grab some now that you mention it.
It’s definetlly an old school building and spot . So good
Okay, now you got me craving Pioneer Chicken! Took me back to the days when I used to walk with my mom to the one that was on Vermont & Florence at the shopping center (where an old market called Super Buy used to be). Their spicy rice was delicious! Then I came across the one that was on Olympic & Fairfax and fell in love with it again...until they turned it into a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (which is now a Dunkin' Donuts). I'd be more than willing to take that long Metro bus ride just to taste that yardbird again after six years 😋
ETA: Tried some earlier this year (2024). Still tastes like childhood 😊
I grew up going to the old Pioneer market on Sunset Blvd in Echo Park. Pioneer Chicken take out in the parking lot...that was 50 years ago.
That’s really cool. Glad at least the building is still there
I remember the pioneer mkt and the chicken restaurant too 1960s...good memories! Good chicken!
Mick Cotton Bar -B - Los Burrito was on the corner of Sunset and Alvarado.
Remember the Fosters Freeze? Pup & Taco...Carnations on Wilshire...the Tick Tock in Hollywood..Hamptons burger buffet also in Hollywood?
@@sw2938 LOVED Fosters Freeze. There are still a few left. Adam and I talked about hitting one up. Pup & Taco was amazing but those are LONG GONE. Never heard of Carnations.
There's a chinese restaurant by my house that has a really weird shaped sign in the front of it. I was never able to figure out what the shape of it was supposed to be until my dad told me that it used to be a place called Pioneer Chicken. That's why the sign was shaped that way because it was supposed to be a covered wagon. They just never took it down at the new restaurant and instead just painted over it. Pretty cool to see what the original sign would have looked like.
That is the way .... I worked for years in a building with PLUMBING on the front ... it hadn't been a plumbing place for decades.
Hmm, are u from the 'nard?
Can you take a photo of the sign and post it? Thanks
Must be in anaheim.
Fellow anaheim/buena park resident?
This is awesome. As a child in So Cal, it would be tradition for us as a family to head to Pioneer's to this exact location. So iconic. The feels. Now 44 years young, I genuinely loved this video, Adam. Thank you :)
I enjoyed how the parking enforcement car was parked taking up two spots. Well done irony sir, well done.
OMG! We used to have one by our house in Phoenix, Arizona! Back when I was a kid in thee 80's! As soon as I saw the sign, it all came back. Wow! Lol! Thanks! I remember the sign rotating as well.
As a resident Angelino, I’m very well versed with Pioneer chicken. I lived in the Echo Park area in the late 80s and went to school at Logan Elementary which is just a block away from that old Pioneer Market and yeah, I remember that Pioneer Chicken and got plenty of meals there. I last had pioneer chicken probably over 5 years ago at that same Soto/Whittier location. And that Hollenbeck Park is right across the street from the old Linda Vista Hospital which has its own long and storied history. As far as I knew, it was the ONLY spot lol. Now I know there are two. I may make a jaunt down to Bell Gardens sometime soon. It’s funny, I’m less nostalgic and more sad that such an LA staple is almost gone. I mean, who doesn’t remember that wagon logo?!?!
I use to go to that one in EP back when I was younger, and there used to be one on Montebello Blvd in MTB. The one in Alhambra on Main and Fremont became an Alberto's. I see the trend, a lot of these longtime institutions changed when the neighborhoods changed too.
trdrav4 Lmao I’ve eaten at that Albertos a bunch of times. I had no idea it was ever a Pioneer Chicken! 😳
@@baronvg It was for a few years in the early 90s then it flipped IIRC after I moved to South Pas. There's still a small Yum Yum Donuts next door!
Calling yourself an “Angelino” is whack.
Mayor Garcetti popularized that.
Nobody uses that.
Holy crap there's still a Pioneer Chicken around! That brings back some childhood memories.
Indeed there is . Two in fact
Bonus! I spy a Winchell's Donut sign. I thought those were gone too.
You see alot of winchells in So. Cal.
I did to till I seen one in Fontana. I was like whoa a Winchell's
No there’s still some in so cal not everywhere but there is some here & There
When I go back to California, I have to make a trip to a Winchell's. There were 4 of them in Arizona, where I live, owned by the same owner, whom I spoke to, but they are all closed down now.
@@Lordylbc They sure have scaled back how many stores they have. The Granada Hills one is now gone.
Wow! I completely forgot about Pioneer Chicken! That signage was pure blast-from-the-LA-past! You and Sean have good rapport, two quirky guys with niche knowledge and interests. I enjoy listening to the two of you converse.
Adam's hair preparation technique revealed:
1. Eat greasy fried chicken with hand
2. Use said hand to stroke back hair
Pretty much
@@TheDailyWoo Woo replied. Amazing.
Its how the greaser's gang started 🕺
Hi Adam, great 👍 video. Thank you for sharing
You forgot to order the corn on the cob! It comes on a stick and dipped in butter.... SO GOOD.
Oh dang !
TheDailyWoo oh yeah..in a yellow plastic bag?
the corn on the cob was always so good, sweet :) as we are eating KFC now. We have no KFC in Barstow now so we had a friend get us some from 35 miles away. We had a Pioneer here years ago when our Barstow Del Fried Chicken closed, best chicken anywhere and the oldest open Del Taco is next door and still open. Barstow Del Taco's are not part of the chain and so much better and bigger taco's and foods of the chain Del Taco's
Greg Wilhelm oh hell yea. You are 100% right.
No, not dipped in butter. Perpetually rolled in butter. All day. The cobs were stuck on wooden sticks and stuck in like spokes on a round wagon wheel like contraption. The wheel would lay on top of the deep round pan of melted butter and roll around in a circle. It was quite a thing to see when you're a little kid. I was happy to hear from your friend that the chicken coating still tastes the same. It is very unique. xoxo
Yay Adam! I love you. Thanks for going here. Their food is just as awesome as it was when I was a child in the 80s.
OMG, Pioneer Chicken and Winchell's donuts. Junk food sustenance from my SOCAL youth. Kinda wondering if it tastes the same, back in the day they still fried in lard (both at Pioneer and Winchells). Would finish off a Pioneer Chicken meal with a 25 cent triple scoop from Thrifty Drug.
Surprising to see a Floridian jones'ing it for PC. Hope it was good.
i really enjoy your videos im 58 and have been struggling with life lately your videos remind me to get out and try to enjoy life instead of just working every minute.Im a auto worker so have had no stay at home order had to work or be fired
That brought back some childhood memories. Thank you.
I totally appreciate this vlog. It brings back memories for me. There was a Pioneer Chicken in San Pedro and my mom use to work there when I was a kid. I use to go in there a lot. Thank You for this special vlog!
"I pawned my Smith-Corona/And went to meet my man/He hangs out down on Alvarado Street/By the Pioneer Chicken stand."
-Warren Zevon
Pioneer Chicken.. the only chicken enjoyed by Werewolves :)
Ah yeah! The late, great Warren Zevon. Loved his music. Especially Lawyers, guns & money! Good song!
"And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park."
thx for dropping the lyrics. I had NO idea wtf adam was talking about. He refuses to elaborate on his rando trivia.
The Pioneer on Sunset is where my dad would pick up Pioneer Chicken for our family on the rare occasions that my mom didn't make dinner. It was a treat to get to have take out! LOL!!!
I'm liking this spot, so far; and we got the soothing sound of the freeway. lol
I was born in 61! Today, I went to the one in Bel Gardens, had a 2 piece, fries and mash potatoes ! Hadn't had Pioneer Chicken since 81. Brought back memories! Went today 4-30-22
Hollenbeck Park was once ghetto, people were told to stay away from that park 15 years ago lol. There was a hospital across the street that was haunted now a senior care center I believe. You should try El Tepeyac the Hollenbeck special burrito in the Boyle Heights area...
Linda Vista, great episode from Ghost Adventures
@@soyunik7979 Yup thats it! I went inside in 2010 but got kicked out by security lol...
DB Cooper the owner of El Tepeyac used to greet patrons with a shot of tequila at the door
Brings back memories of growing up in Echo Park. Even Linda Ronstadt wrote this stand into her song, "Carmelita".
Boyle Heights location, Adam in the hood
Naugles, pioneer chicken!! All my dads favorites!! Right in the feels these videos. Miss my dad!
FYI. I sure do enjoy Shawn's his info on things and just himself.
The Woo is real.
His shirt was cool.
My grandmother lived on Echo Park Avenue a few blocks from the Pioneer Market in the 60s. My dad and I used to go there to get her groceries and the smell of chicken was sooo tempting! We did get chicken from the Pioneer in Bell. Loved it! Glad to see the Bell Gardens one is still going!
Yes! I thought they were all gone! I had one two blocks from my home in south LA county and had to drive near Koreatown for it. That one closed around ten years ago and I haven’t had Pioneer’s since. I haven’t watched your video yet but I’ll for sure be going this weekend wherever it is!
I like the classic shingled roofs on the original locations. That Pioneer chicken is really crisp. I could hear the crunch!
To me fried chicken is comfort food!! Always happy to see you eating a meal with a friend!!! Thank you for making me hungry!!
Agreed . Total comfort food
I remember one at the 3-way intersection of Fairfax, Olympic and San Vicente in the miracle mile/faifax area. Now a Coffee Bean Tea & Leaf. Structure is still that of the Pioneer Chicken.
Also in thee early 80's, a neighbor of our used to work at one on Vermont Ave just north of the USC campus. My sister and i used to meet up with her to accompany her back home. Not a bad walk for a couple of them strawberry parfait from their refrigerated 3-tier turntable counter display. Great teenage years! :)
I believe OJ was the spokesperson for Pioneer back in the day. I’ll have to double check...
Yep!
He was.
Wow what a buildings so cool retro! 👍🏻 Nice as always The Woo! ☺
Hi Adam, thank you for this series, I’m enjoying it 👍Also I’m still liking that longer hair you’re rocking at the moment!😊
I ALWAYS saw that sign for Pioneer Chicken when I was little and I always believed their chicken was delicious! I never had it! I really should stop by and finally try it after 25 years!
Saw on TV that Disneyland is opening on July 17th! My word! I'm So excited! for you Adam! Plus that looks like some VERY good food!
I love this food vlog series ATW...... But boy does it make me feel hungry.!
Don’t mind us. Just a couple of old school punks having a picnic 😂😂 Now I want some chicken
I grew up going to the Echo Park Pioneer Market and eating at the Pioneer Chicken next to it. This was during the '80s. I can recall seeing Pioneer Market as a industrial-like building. Rain or shine, earthquakes or holidays, it was always open! Always reliable! When the nearby Safeway Market briefly shut its doors due to a storm or earthquake, Pioneer Market was open. You were able to purchase your supplies and groceries. When it rained, there would be buckets at the entrance to collect leaks from the ceiling. There would be a candy area inside the market. You were able to scoop up and bag an assortment of candies. My favorite was bagging the square-shaped, milk caramel candies. The Pioneer Market then later was constructed to be a two-storied building with the tiles on the roof. There were large tubs filled with rice, beans, nuts, candies, etc. I would occasionally sample a chocolate-covered almond or two. There was a toy section, adjacent to the breakfast cereals. I'd get a toy gun, plastic army figures, bottles of bubbles, and other fun things. There was a little photo area for film roll dropoffs. Those were the good old days! Too bad the family did not want to continue the business. Walgreens and Lassens are in its place now. As for Pioneer Chicken, in Echo Park, it did not have indoor seating at first. You had to order the delicious chicken from a window, sort of like from a hotdog/hamburger stand. The building's exterior colors were sky blue, orange, and white. Great place to get crispy fried chicken! Did go to the Pioneer Chicken in Boyle Heights. Absolutely the same flavors and ambiance that I remembered as a kid!
"orange whip? Orange whip?? 3 orange whips"🤣
Lol! I miss John Candy....
One of my favorites (after Mrs. Knotts). We had one at the corner of National Bl. and McLaughlin in West L.A.
I got caught in the middle of a shoot out at the Pioneer on Soto & Whittier. Right after a back yard punk gig we played
THAT"s the one that I go to..(PS I mentioned earlier today, that it's S/w corner ,I forgot, it's s/e.)
GOOD FOOD AND INTERTAINMENT.
I remember Pioneer Chicken here in Bakersfield and that iconic sign back when I was a little kid.
Awesome to see that they still exist.
Thats COOL.
I remember Pioneer Chicken.
Back in the day. The sing did rotate with a motor.
Thanks for the memory.
Love the “gizzards in a basket”
Yaaaaas! The Gizzards are soooo freaking good. I wish we had these in Vegas.
Mia maven me too. I live in Vegas now.
Remember seeing the Pioneer Resturants years ago. Very cool you are going to these little known places that are left.
Love the choice of food spots, but secretly hoping Big the Foot tells you where to go each morning?
Your Star Wars shirt is such a crazy coincidence. The first time I saw Star Wars when I was a wee lad of 7 years old in San Diego had me standing in line for what seemed an eternity as the line wrapped all the way around the building and stretched across the parking lot to the Pioneer Chicken. It was an amazing day.
OMG! I LOVE THAT CHICKEN! They had good fried fish too!!
I grew up eating Pioneer chicken, miss it very much so thanks for the tour!!
Nothing says take out chicken like Chef Boyardee in a covered wagon.
All marching in some kind of a caravan, with all kinds of other characters including a big dinosaur..... their commercials were nuts.
That sign is the best. Look at how cool the pioneer holding the plate of chicken is.
When cell phones look like a brick 😂
Adam you bring great memories of my childhood walking to my local Pioneer Chicken for a meal.
A drive through Westminster will reveal several "Pioneer Chicken" shaped signs, repurposed for the current tennants.
Yep! That's near my old hood.
@@malfuncsean Westminster is my old hood. Had some good times "growing up" there in the 60's/80's.
lilorbie lilorbie Did you grow up going to Westminster Mall?
@@malfuncsean Oh my gosh I spent soooo much time at the Westminster Mall I should have got a job there. It was the place to hang out with my friends long before this social media stuff ruined everything. Sadly some of those friends are no longer with us. I saw the video of Adam going to the mall to get a Orange Julius. The mall sure has changed a lot since the last time I was there.
Remember when Westminster mall used to have the food court directly in the middle of the mall with all those awesome ramps to the lower level?? That was awesome as a kid. They ruined it by moving it to the Sears wing.
I grew up in Orange County. I totally forgot about Pioneer Chicken. I saw this in my feed and did a quick search for commercials of it in the 80's. You're awesome Adam. Thank you.
"Carmalita" reference - nice!
The fact that there is a Winchells above the one pioneer sign that brings back memories
The Bell location was the spot I would go to when I was in Downey.
Maaaan that is ooooold school! I remember that Pioneer chicken wayyy back in the day. Reminds me of my youth. Grew up right down the street from that spot. Vintage
My sister would ditch lunch at Bell High School back in 1980 -84 to get food from there.
@@zoilakhan1190 Heck yeah. Class of 88. GO Eagles.
It’s actually in Bell Gardens, next City over
That place makes me feel really old,was going there since I was a small kid! LOL
"I'm goin' in!"
I’ve made it a tradition now to watch these videos on my lunch break at work. That way I’m eating while you’re eating and then I don’t get hungry watching!
Man, it would be fun to hangout with you guys.
Awesome.....its Sean......your best sidekick.....
Do King Taco next time. My favorite chain tacos in Socal.
I just might have to check it out
Al Pastro burrito with the hot sauce. 😋
I’ve been commenting this on most of his videos. I don’t live in LA anymore but as soon as I visit and land at LAX my cousin takes me straight to King Taco in East LA....
King Taco rules!!!!
My family is friends with the King Taco family. I remember spending Christmas at their house 1 year and accidentally getting locked in their bathroom. They had only 1 restaurant back then. Just down the street from their house. They were good people Raul and his wife.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Pioneer Chicken!! Had no idea there were any remaining!!!
Thanks for this! They were all over! when I lived in Hollywood, Western and Hollywood Blvds. were the apex of the red light district! Thanks for the history of the chain. I thought that we were going to get a 2-for-1 vlog day, when I saw the Winchell's donut sign in the beginning.
I love the history lessons embedded in these things. Thanks ATW.
I used to love Winchell’s.
Awe ... the memories ... I worked at the Pioneer Chicken on Turnpike Rd across from San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara for a total of 1 hour while I was in high school (there was a misunderstanding about my availability to work). Good to see they're still around.
2:25 Whoa is that a ufo heading down to the "P"? I can't really make it out 😕.
Well spotted.
What the hell was that.
When I was a little kid I remember my babysitter would take me to Pioneer chicken and correct me if I'm wrong but I remember they had fried chicken smothered in a tangy barbecue sauce. It was my favorite meal whenever we went there for lunch. The sauce was so tasty and delicious! Fun times at Pioneer chicken.
It must be so good that Adam forgot how to differentiate chicken parts 😁
Thank you for going. Pioneer is the spot. The current food is so close to how I remember it. China King in Buena Park has the old Pioneer sign.
Adam, if there's a Church's Chicken anywhere near you, it would be really nice if you could do a food review there. I've never been there as there are no establishments near me, but I've heard great things about it and would love to hear/see your experience. However, I completely understand if that's not possible as of yet due to the weird times we're living in.
Hi wanna let you know there is a church's chicken in Riverside Ca on University and I believe Kansas st. Try it out it's good, I drive all the way from Corona for their chicken
They have/had a bunch in south central close to USC. CHURCH'S was my favorite
We have Church's Chicken where I'm at sometime you got to watch where you go to cuz most of the time their chicken is raw inside bleeding just not done they closed when I'm down and remodeled Valentine is there chicken is still the same not done
It’s been a long time since I have had Church’s Chicken. Definitely worth it if you can find one.
Loved this place as a kid in San Francisco. That orange batter has some magic crack on it that made it so good. Pioneer Chicken was also in the music video by Debarge, Rhythm of the Night. And I believe OJ Simpson may have owned one on Olympic Ave , which is closed for several years now.
Awesome video 🤙🏻
You’re doing the Lords work
Really enjoying this series, bringing a sense of normality to these crazy times! Keep safe and looking forward to the next video 🤙
I have not eaten there in 30 some years. Pioneer is where my family bought chicken. Lots of memories of Pioneer Chicken.
26 episodes of not getting anything out of these videos but hunger. So much hunger. And living so far away. And on quarantine. And in some other country.
Adam, you're killing me.
Awwww! Thank you Adam! I remember, as a little kid, driving around "town" with my dad and seeing this sign. This would have been late 70's... what a wonderful memory! 🙂
Thank you for you channel! ....and the food looks great!
I love this place!!! My mom always took me there as a young girl, now I'm 44, last time i went with my mom was May 2020, she passed away August 😢, so when I'm in LA i stop by & pick up a meal for me & my boyz...I was there last wk ordering a meal, spanish rice is a must!!! I love to keep my mom's memories going with our Pioneer Chicken take out. I love the cryspiness & don't mind the grease lol