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Afried chicken restaurant is afast food restaurant that serves (mainly) Southernfried chicken—usually chunks of chicken,battered orbreaded anddeep-fried.
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, orhamburgers.KFC (previously Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a well-known example. Others include:
Chains of fried chicken fast-food restaurants originating in Canada includeDixie Lee based inNapanee, Ontario andMary Brown's based inMarkham, Ontario. Several US-based chains have also outlets inCanada, 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.
Restaurants are commonplace ininner city areas of theUnited 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 theSouthern United States.[4]
Especially popular in poor andethnic minority neighbourhoods, fried chicken restaurants have been criticised for contributing tourban blight. For instance, the Labour MP forTottenham,David Lammy, has said that the proliferation of chicken joints hampers prosperity in his constituency.[2] Residents inWaltham Forest see them as "eyesores that encourageanti-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 inVice suggested that as meeting places and providers of cheap meals, they play an important role in neighbourhoods marred by the impacts ofausterity and other government policies.[6]
Other popular UK chicken brands includeChicken Cottage,Morley's, andDixy Chicken.
