5/31/2023 0 Comments Krispy krunchy chickenStuart Schuffman, AKA Broke-Ass Stuart leaves the Gas and Shop on South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco with a box of Krispy Krunchy Chicken, on Tuesday, Nov. I’ve yet to try their entry into the great chicken sandwich war though, so I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of tricks old KKC still has up their sleeve. Besides the alarming concept of getting shrimp at a gas station, it also isn’t nearly as good as the chicken. That said, the sides at the other chains are probably better, and I do not recommend getting the fried shrimp at KKC. It has more character than KFC and less spiciness than Popeye’s. ![]() The outside has the perfect level of crunchiness while the inside stays juicy, soft and flavorful. Stuart Schuffman, AKA Broke-Ass Stuart shows off an eight piece box of Krispy Krunchy Chicken from the Gas and Shop on South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Nov. I’m more of an eater than a cooker so I’ll take their word on that, but holy hell it’s delectable. Onebane and Shapiro claim it’s because they inject the marinade into both the chicken and the breading so the bird tastes good throughout, instead of on just the crispy fried part. What makes the chicken so good though? I knew you were gonna ask that. Onebane and KKC Executive Vice President Dan Shapiro were even once named Louisianans of the Year.Īn eight piece box of Krispy Krunchy Chicken from the Gas and Shop on South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The next 2,599 locations are proof that he was obviously on to something. ![]() Within six years, KKC was in 50 locations because Onebane had hit upon something special not only were customers lacking good food choices, convenience store owners were looking for ways to make more money without having to take on the overhead of renting another location. So in 1989 he created the KKC brand when he started frying up chicken in one of his Lafayette, Louisiana stores. Krispy Krunchy Chicken founder Neal Onebane had spent 18 years in the convenience store business when he realized that customers didn’t really have a lot of options for fresh, delicious food. Guillen walks through the station's convenience store with a fresh batch of Krispy Krunchy Chicken, on Tuesday, Nov. So how is it that one of the country’s best fried chicken chains is always surrounded by bottles of Boone’s Farm and racks of Slim Jims? It’s pretty interesting and kinda brilliant. At that last one, I got to turn my folks onto the glory of Gas Station Chicken during a road trip this summer. Which explains why in recent years I’ve seen one inside the corner store by the Lake Merritt BART station, as well as one in a gas station in the hinterland near the border of California and Oregon. They are almost exclusively in liquor stores, gas stations and convenience marts. states, American Samoa, Malaysia and Mexico. It ends up that what I thought was just a single phenomenal fried chicken joint inside a gas station in the Mission is actually part of a chain of over 2,600 locations spread across 47 U.S. ![]() Stuart Schuffman, AKA Broke-Ass Stuart, sizes up the fried chicken at the Gas and Shop on South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Nov. “What the…?” I said to myself and then texted my wife a photo with the message, “There’s another Gas Station Chicken and it’s not even in a gas station!!” And it was then that I realized I needed to learn more about Krispy Krunchy Chicken. I actually had no idea it was a chain, and didn’t really even care to call it by its real name, until one day when I saw another location on a dodgy stretch of Eddy Street in the Tenderloin. Entering the place, it’s impossible not to smell the delicious goodness emanating from the left side of the counter where the food sits under heat lamps. I’d been mildly obsessed with “Gas Station Chicken” for a couple years, occasionally popping in when I was walking by or after a few drinks. The Krispy Krunchy Chicken counter at the Gas and Shop at 599 South Van Ness Avenue, in San Francisco. It’s the kind of place where the cashier makes you leave your debit card when you fill up your car because they don’t trust you not to use a stolen one. It’s hard to believe that some of the best fried chicken in San Francisco is inside a spot called “Gas & Shop” at 17th St.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |