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Five chicken restaurants in a 1 mile radius...in a small town

rbstern said:
Hartwell (pop. 4600) is a small town in a small county (Hart, pop. 26,000) .

Before COVID, small businesses in Hartwell went thru 3-to-5 year boom-bust cycles. The addition of a Purina plant in the last five years has helped stabilize the local economy, as has the number of work-from-home professionals and retirees who have moved here.

But, the city planners need to have their heads examined:

A Church's Chicken is going up right in the middle of the retail section of town. Normally I would welcome another dining choice. But just down the road sits Zaxby's, Guthrie's, Bojangle's, and Popeye's. All in a 1 mile radius, inside city limits. If you go west another mile, a Blazer's Wings.

How much chicken can we eat?!?

And that same radius has more than a half dozen other fast food choices, and plus a half-dozen local eateries. And two Starbucks (WTF is that about?).

If you're ever here: Guthrie's is the best. It's a throwback to the old days of fast food. Tiny place. Take out only. Three things on the menu: Tenders, fries, drinks. Four, if you count the tender sandwich. Best chicken tenders and dipping sauce I've ever had. A bit pricey, but worth every penny.
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We like Downtown Cafe when visiting Hartwell. Haven't been in a while, need to road trip.
 
alexs2006 said:
Plus we all know the one the black folk go to is the superior one....
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I wouldn't know, the place and employees look absolutely disgusting so I've never tried it.

I could be wrong, but pretty sure all "big chicks" are independently owned and operated and vary wildly depending on the owner. I don't think they share much with each other outside of the name.
 
Fatal_Bert said:
I wouldn't know, the place and employees look absolutely disgusting so I've never tried it.

I could be wrong, but pretty sure all "big chicks" are independently owned and operated and vary wildly depending on the owner. I don't think they share much with each other outside of the name.
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The ones in Jackson and Forsyth all suck and for different reasons, so I'd agree with you there.

We need breakfast places other than Waffle house or Hardee's.
 
Droz76 said:
40 - 45 (ish) years ago it was the hamburger joints.
Growing up in my home town there was a cross section
near main street/downtown where you could drive past
McDonald's, Burger King, Hardee's, Wendy's, White Castle,
Krystal's and about 3-5 local places that changed
names/locations every few years, all within 2 to 3 blocks of
each other.
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White Castle's yummmmmmm......... Our home town had one of the original Snappy Service joints. The Chile cup was a styrofoam cup of grease, but those original smash burgers were the best. Unlike White castle or Crystal the little burgers were crispy on the edges. I was so sad when it closed. Wal-Mart killed the small Midwest towns.
 
Pikers. Roughly 10,000 foot stretch of highways 29 and 49 in Eassside of Macongo.

These are chicken places mostly but we also have a cornucopia of garbage ghetto bistros in the same stretch.

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