Well cult following or not its awful. And I think I do know what Hot is. Its called a Scoville scale and yes my friend I can easily handle Scotch Bonnets and Habeneros which are 350,000-500,000 units of heat. BTW the american Jalapeno is a mere 8000 units. Which I also found suprising that they didnt sell Jalapenos with the chicken. The popeyes comment of course was a pundle in which I was stating that I was looking for a mom and pop shop not a national chain and the irony is that we ended up there in the end. You can say the ingredients arent paprika and seasonall and cayenne but I can tell you it is. It certainly isnt chinese red pepper which would make a vast improvement. As for the messy part. Umm duh. Messy shouldnt mean a greasy driping slathered on suspension of any red ingredient you can find in the pantry. And I could have tolerated the atmospere IF it was really good chicken. Hell Ive had Tamales in a back alley in Mexico city where if you saw the patrons you wouldnt dare sit on the stools. But the food was good. Maybe I was lashing out because the food was bad? If you like it more power to you But im telling you a true food critic would give it a big thumbs down. I am not trying to hurt your citys ego I was just looking for some good fried chicken and I ended up at POPEYES PEOPLE! I travel this country every week I am now based here in Nashville. I have had the finest chops money could buy. But the down home side of me craves some good old fashion good cooking some good fried chicken and this is just not it. Since I live in an apartment in Brentwood and the restrictions dont allow me to fire up my cajun fryer I would make some and invite you over but alas I wouldnt dare trash my kitchen with a big fried mess so I guess I am stuck going to the T/A gas station (20 min from me) for some POPEYES. If its so great? How come the other 3 knockoff restaurants except for 1 has failed? . If it was good id pay an ex employee off and start a chain nationwide!
Pros: Warm Inside
Cons: Bad food
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