Chicken delight's Hollywood site is facing last cluck.Before Domino's, before Pizza Hut, there was Chicken Delight and its army of teenagers delivering fried chicken Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. to Angelenos who didn't want to cook. But calls to the local Chicken Delight may soon go unanswered. The eatery is leaving its Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out location and unless owner Anchalee Sukolchairemgrithi can find a spot with comparable rent, the last Chicken Delight in California is on its way out. "It is not easy to afford $2, $3 a square foot. That is the just the problem we have," said Sukolchairemgrithi, who took over the 37-year-old franchise in 1984. At the chain's height in the 1960s, there were more than 1,000 Chicken Delights in the nation. Started in Illinois in 1952, the chain became a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, staple and is a fixture in the memories of teens at the time who donned button-down white shirts while delivering chicken. "It was the job that was considered the rite of passage rite of passage n. A ritual or ceremony signifying an event in a person's life indicative of a transition from one stage to another, as from adolescence to adulthood. for people who needed or wanted a job in their senior or junior years at Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as "Beverly" or as "BHHS") is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. (The other public high school in Beverly Hills, Moreno High School, is a small alternative school located on Beverly's campus. ," said Paul Diamond Tom Boric is a former professional wrestler better known as Paul Diamond who is best known being one half of the tag-team “Badd Company” with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as Kato , a writer whose 1977 movie "The Chicken Chronicles" was a fictional account of his experience working at Chicken Delight. Although Chicken Delight wasn't glamorous--it had no seats and few items beside fried chicken then--the job did have its perks. Diamond himself fed several celebrities' chicken habits. Should Hollywood's Chicken Delight exit, there will be nine remaining locations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , mostly in New Jersey. The chain was taken over by its Canadian franchise arm, Chicken Delight of Canada Ltd., in 1979, and there are now 37 eateries in Canada. The Chicken Delight chain shrunk in the early 1970s after the franchise lost an anti-trust suit that challenged requirements for franchisees to buy equipment and packaging. Dick Carter, a veteran restaurant broker with May Realty Advisors, said that even without the legal problems, Chicken Delight might not have had a chance. As a fast-food option, chicken doesn't fare as well in California as burgers, he said. Chicken Delight's Hollywood location was bought last year by David Gajda and Jose Malagon, developers who own the sites of the Hollywood clubs Ivar and Cinespace, for about $1.5 million. Gajda said he thinks he can attract tenants who will pay $2.50 to $3.50 per square foot for rent. "We would have loved for her to figure it out, upgrade her property and stay there," he said. RACHEL BROWN Rachel Brown (born July 2 1980) is an English footballer, currently playing as goalkeeper for Everton Ladies and England Women. After a long spell out with injury, Brown returned to the England team against Sweden in the last group game of Women’s Euro 2005. Staff Reporter |
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