Kennedy Fried Chicken
![]() A Kennedy Fried Chicken in Brooklyn, New York City | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Fast food |
Founded | May 16, 1969 New York City, United States |
Founder | Taeb Zia[1] and Abdul Karim[2] |
Headquarters | New York City, United States |
Products | Fried chicken and related Southern American foods |
Kennedy Fried Chicken and Crown Fried Chicken are common restaurant names primarily in the New York–New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware and Baltimore areas of the United States, but also in nearby smaller cities or towns along the Northeastern United States. Kennedy Fried Chickens typically compete with Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in low income neighborhoods of several states along the East Coast. There are also a number in the West Coast, primarily in California. A number of these restaurants, located in other states, are named New York Fried Chicken, essentially designed in the same manner and offering the same general menu as Kennedy and Crown Fried Chicken. It is not an actual franchise in the typical manner; every "Kennedy" named chicken restaurant is independently owned and operated by different individuals but consist of essentially the same menu.
History
Kennedy Fried Chicken was founded on May 16, 1969, with its first restaurant on
Kennedy Fried Chicken was named after assassinated
The restaurants
For the most part the restaurants share the same concept, if not the same menus. In addition to
Many restaurant locations are in low-income and
Due to the tendency of these restaurants to appear in socioeconomically challenged locations, Kennedy, Crown, and New York Fried Chicken are sometimes referred to disparagingly as "ghetto chicken".[7]
In 2008 one Kennedy Fried Chicken restaurant in
Legal matters
The restaurants are traditionally owned and operated mostly by
Trademark controversy
In 2005 Abdul Haye, an Afghan immigrant since 1989 and a resident of Whitestone, Queens in New York City, registered Kennedy Fried Chicken as a trademark. He has been attempting to enforce the trademark against other restaurants with mixed results.[3]
See also
- List of fast-food chicken restaurants
References
- ^ ISBN 0-472-08616-2. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Kurutz, Steven (August 15, 2004). "Chicken Little". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
- ^ a b c Bilefsky, Dan (February 13, 2011). "A Chicken War in New York, Where Afghans Rule the Roost". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
I'm declaring war against all the Afghans in New York who have stolen my name and my idea. Their poor-quality chicken is going to kill my reputation. I am the only real Kennedy!
- ^ a b Tarek, Shams (ndg) "Restaurant Review: A Fast Food King With Many Choices", Southeast Queens Press
- ^ Vargas, Claudia (March 28, 2011). "Camden will try again to impose a curfew on late-night takeouts". Philly.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ Staff (December 4, 2008). "Fort Washington restaurant brings kabob to south county". Retrieved November 24, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-0-313-39393-8
- ^ see: Obama Fried Chicken or Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza at Flickr.com for details.
External links
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