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I went to Popeyes to pick up fried chicken before leaving my family's home where I had been staying to fight the loneliness and depression of the early parts of the pandemic to return to a spot in Indiana that doesn't have a Popeyes less than 40 minutes away. I ordered Tenders and Fries. They were out of fries, and rather than saying anything, they just gave me 17 Spicy Tenders - like the divine fried chicken god knew I wouldn't be having this for a while and wanted to send me off 17 tenders salute.

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I don't trust Krispy Krunchy because of the name. Feels like they'd have spelled it Khicken if they thought they could get away with it.

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Chicken Express?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?!?!

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I would legitimately fight someone for some Bonchon right this second.

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Spencer, no matter how many times you pull out the fried chicken shack ranking schtick, I say, "yes please." Always hilarious. Now introducing my spawn to your chicken takes for double the fun.

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There is a Gus’s in Deep Ellum, I’ll have to check it out. Church’s is decent but Zax & Canes suck so incredibly bad.

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I don’t live near a Publix, but I can envision myself giving my friend chicken the “Jim Nantz” on the way home if it were peering at me from the window of its cozy little log cabin.

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thrilled to see someone feels the same way i do about canes

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I know there's only 4 of them left but how would you rate Mrs winners?

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Solid. I would like to note that the KFC China penomenon extends to Pizza Hut for similar mysterious reasons. One of the greatest most confusing meals I've eaten was in a high end (looking) pizza Hut (maybe a combo with KFC, there were a lot of those) with crystal ornamental designs and chandeliers and tastefully dim lighting, atop a high rise building in Xiamen, soaked to the bone from a day of downpour after performing our American marching band show indoors, reconfigured on the fly for the basketball arena.

Anyway, yes the chicken was good.

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I just ate Popeyes at 10:30AM. I ordered cajun fries; they gave me mashed potatoes. I didn't complain because I was there for the chicken, and by God I got chicken.

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lay off Taiwanese fried chicken from street vendors...at least it has bones.

TAKE THAT, CHICK-FIL-A!!!

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Can think of nothing more North Carolinian than feeling deeply proud to see the mediocrity of Bojangles declared for all the right reasons. Could not be more pleased with our C-level chicken chain, which we cherish while maintaining reasonable expectations.

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Maryland fried chicken is a chain of shacks with windows in small towns in the middle of nowhere. Their chicken is a/b level.

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1. Lee's is objectively delicious.

2. If you ever find yourself in Louisville, do yourself the service of doing a comparison tasting of Indi's and Chicken King. Both delicious ways to hate yourself.

3. Every small town in western Kentucky has a grocery store named like Food Lion or Food Giant that will blow your doors off with a 50 pc mixed of the best chicken imaginable for like $20.

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Should one be wary of regional variations in such products? e.g. Popeyes in San Jose, California?

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