Chicken in the Rough
Chicken in the Rough was a fried chicken franchise.[1][2] Operating restaurant locations continue to exist in present-day times.[1] Their specialty is a half-fried chicken dish.[3] The chain's logo was an image of a chicken carrying a golf club.[4]
First U.S. nationally-franchised restaurant chain
Chicken in the Rough was "the first nationally franchised restaurant chain in the United States".[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "History of the "meal that created food service and fried chicken franchising"". chickenintherough.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/2000s/2002/cafesanddiners.pdf
- ↑ al, M.K.W. Greetings from Route 66. Voyageur Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-1-61060-397-3.
- ↑ Jakle, J.A.; Sculle, K.A. (2002). Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age. Road and American culture. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 217–218. ISBN 978-0-8018-6920-4.
- ↑ Moore, Bob (April 29, 2015). "Keeping It Straight: Chicken in the Rough: Road Food Supreme". Kingman Daily Miner. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
Further reading
- Clark, M.; Wallis, M. (2003). The Route 66 Cookbook: Comfort Food from the Mother Road. Council Oak Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-1-57178-128-4.
- Bailey, Brianna (July 30, 2014). "Chicken in the Rough brand holds on at Beverly's in Oklahoma City". Tulsa World. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- Bailey, Brianna (July 30, 2014). "Chicken in the Rough may fly again". Tulsa World. Retrieved 29 April 2015.