What ever happened to Pioneer Chicken?

[Left nut]

Remember Pioneer Chicken? They're all gone! What happened? Now its just KFC and their animated Colonel Sanders crap.
anyone know? post.

 

[Left nut]

NOBODY KNOWS?

 

[konichiwa]

Never heard of it! Besides, I like Colonel Sanders. I think he deserves to be a General.

 

[ultravox]

I was California about 1971-72 and discovered that stuff. It was great a lot better than KFC and it had that distinct taste that KFC does. I often dreamed about that chicken shack since then....too bad others will not know what they missed....

 

[pdo]

I think Popeye took over or something like that.

 

[axelfox]

the next question is: "What Happened to Church's Chicken?"

My friend told me that they were ranked last in restaurant cleanliness, so thats why they went under. I also heard that they are still up, just not in socal.

 

[loup garou]

Popeye's Popeye's Popeye's...the only chicken you'll ever need...

...unless you're in New Orleans and want to risk getting shot, then it's Mama's Tasty Foods' fried chicken.

 

[lupohki]

In the Cleveland area at least, the White Castle's sell Church's Chicken.

But what happened to Sister's Chicken???

 

[Replevin]

Pioneer was hurl.

Popeye's 0wnz j00!

 

[jonnyjack]

there use to be a pioneer chicken by my house when i was like 5 (i'm 18 now) i can't remember ever eating there but my parents said we had...that was the only one i ever remember seeing in my whole life...

there's a popeye's like 15 miles from my house...maybe i should try it out...

 

[Stark]

My brother and I would always stop at a various chicken restaruant in Inglewood when we would go to the forum. The bulletproof glass and little rotating plexiglass turntable used for exchanging money for chicken made it seem like you could be held up and killed at any moment.

If you're into fried chicken, Inglewood is definately #1 most densily permiated chicken city in all California.

The best chicken dinner I ever had was at a place called Shatley (sp?) Springs somewhere in North Carolina. It was all the "homestyle" food you could eat and they had rocking chairs on the porch out front so you could relax after stuffing your face with some of the best southern cooking known to man.

Edit: I found a link to Shatley Springs. Hasn't been updated since 1999... hope the place is still there.
And another. Mmmm... southern cooking.

 

[jadinolf]

Looks like they have been reduced to only 5 locations in the LA area.

 

[Left nut]

I am going to find one .... and eat there again............someday