Chester's International, known as Chester's or Chester's Chicken, is a
fried chicken
Fried chicken, also called Southern fried chicken, is a dish consisting of chicken pieces that have been coated with seasoned flour or batter and pan-fried, deep fried, pressure fried, or air fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or ...
quick-service restaurant
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chain based in
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...
,
United States
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.
W.O. Giles founded Chester's in October 1965 and adopted Chester the Chicken as the emerging foodservice company's
mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, university society, society, military unit, or brand, brand name. Mascots are als ...
,
named for the
Chester Goode character on ''
Gunsmoke
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'', a favorite TV show of Giles'. In late 2012, the company moved its headquarters to the Birmingham suburb of
Mountain Brook, Alabama
Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, and a suburb of Birmingham. Its population at the 2020 census was 22,461.
History
The city was originally developed in 1929 by real-estate businessman Robert Je ...
.
Locations
The company began franchising its concept in July 2004 and has grown to in-line locations in shopping plazas and mall
food court
A food court (in Asia-Pacific also called food hall or hawker centre) is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food Vendor, vendors and provides a common area for self-serve di ...
s. According to ''
Entrepreneur
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An entreprene ...
'', , the chain has more than 1,098 locations worldwide.
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Monmouth County, NJ
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Downtown Memphis, TN
Gallery
Chester's chicken counter.jpg, Chester's Chicken counter
Pilot truck stop with Chester's Chicken.jpg, Pilot truck stop with Chester's Chicken
Banners advertising Chester's Chicken.jpg, Banners advertising Chester's Chicken
A Love's gas station with a Subway and a Chester's Chicken restaurant.jpg, A Love's travel stop with a Subway and a Chester's Chicken restaurant
See also
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List of chicken restaurants
This is a list of notable chicken restaurants. This list includes casual dining, fast casual and fast food restaurants which typically specialize in chicken dishes such as fried chicken, chicken and waffles, chicken sandwiches or chicken a ...
References
External links
Chester's International
Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama
Restaurants in Birmingham, Alabama
Restaurants established in 1965
Fast-food poultry restaurants
Fast-food franchises
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