Iconic Pioneer Chicken Chain is Ready for a Comeback
 

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/pi...a-18609059.php

I certainly wouldn't mind an outpost opening in the Bay Area.

For those of you unfamiliar with this fried chicken, it had a taste like no other (for better or worse, depending on opinion) and a crust like no other. And the color was one that did not exist in nature outside of a Pioneer Chicken box. Live, dead orange fried chicken, Live on!

Looks like something that should belong here

Gastro Obscura (atlasobscura.com)

Will be in L.A. in a few weeks but no wheels to get out that way

Oh, I have fond memories of Pioneer Chicken; they had a few locations on Oahu when I was in elementary school (including one at the Kahala Mall near the McDonald's). Their boneless chicken strips and chips was a go-to meal. I also recall an intersection in the Long Beach/Wilmington area which had a KFC, Popeye's, Church's, and Pioneer on each corner.

On the bright side, at least the lack of Pioneer Chicken in my diet for many years has kept me off of various medications and out of the ER (knock on wood, don't want to jinx myself now).

Don't you have Popeye's? Popeye's is bad for you too....but oh so good.

Popeye's is close to home. But if you have not had Pioneer chicken, you have not had Pioneer chicken. Period.

This seems like the guy a decade ago who revived the Naugles Mexican food brand.

TBH, nearly all fried chicken, not named KFC, seem to be nearly equal to me.