Popeye's #64
1959 W. Howard St, Chicago, IL, USA

It's always somethin' at this particular Popeyes. One time I ordered a 2-piece dinner, and the girl defiantly told me "that's only on Tuesday." I think she thought I was trying to scam some kind of discount out of her, but I swears I just wanted a 2-piece dinner, man!

Although the surrounding area isn't quite ghetto, you would certainly think so from being inside the Popeyes. On this visit, there was a guy with a true misfortune of a nose talking with one of the girls behind the counter, hesitently asking why he wasn't on the schedule, and whether he was being fired. Now, I'm not saying this guy was being fired because of his insane deformed bulb of a nose, but I'm not saying he wasn't, neither!

Anyway, that's about the caliber of this place. It's not super clean. The staff is not winning any Golden Aah-Ga-Ga-Ga-Gah's or whatever they call the big Popeyes national employee award. Strangely, the food is always good, and they typically get the orders right. So keep your giant forearms to yourself, no need to start punchin' anyone!

I happened to visit the day Popeyes announced they had run out of their "viral" chicken sandwich … yet had no trouble getting one here (Spicy Chicken Sandwich, $4.41). Across the nation, people were lining up a hundred cars deep to get this fuckin' thing! I mean, it was damn good, but was it, like, energy crisis good? Maybe Nosey knows. 🤷🏿

Review by Wimpempy Tarlisle, August 2019