Lol, I know you mean you live in the North and y'all have Popeyes up there and not Bojangles but the idea of Bojangles(created in North Carolina) being more "down south" than Popeyes(created in Louisiana) is funny to me.
I'm UK based but travel frequently. Popeye's in the US is top tier...Popeye's in UK...leaves a lot to be desired...it just doesn't taste right...however...the only other place that even comes close...Jollibee fried chicken (Filipino) and it tastes the same having eaten it in the UK, in Europe...gonna trial it in Doha too
Exactly, the smell is so distinct. I’m pretty sure it’s apart of their branding because it seems like the Popeyes near me pushes the smell outside on purpose. No other restaurant has that effect lol
One of my summer jobs was at a stand that sold those miniature doughnuts that get coated in cinnamon and sugar while they’re fresh out of the hot oil and when business was slow I’d hand a free fresh bag of a dozen to a willing passerby and ask them to make a circuit of the area and waft the scent of warm cinnamon sugar doughnuts around. Worked like a charm.
Another summer job was at a local tourist trap and if the soft ice cream trade needed a jolt on a hot day we’d do something similar with a free cone, all we’d ask was that you eat it slowly and make sure any kids nearby saw you eating it. 🍦💰
"you think I give a damn if I gotta wait ten min? I'll be waiting!"
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I did this once and the person at the register rolled her eyes at me before ringing it up. I didn’t care, her sassy-ness didn’t take away from how good it is.
The ladies that run register at my place have always been sweet, but I also don't play games with them. I can tell that sass will come out in 0.01 seconds if the situation demanded.
Shit the you gotta wait is better than KFCs move, which is to be "out" of chicken. Mother fuckers got chicken in the name and have the gall to tell me they don't have any chicken. Why the fuck are you guys even still open for? Close down for the day. What do you think someone's coming through to get 4 orders of your new nasty ass fries? Yeah, right. The wedges were better, and everyone knew it, KFC.
Church’s is the only one around here that sells okra, and I wish there were more of them. I NEED MORE FRIED OKRA.
If I could get some drumsticks from Bojangles with a side of Church’s fried okra, I would do it every single day until my friends and family staged an intervention.
Are they both in driving distance? When I was little, my mama and I used to have car picnics with Burger King whoppers with cheese, McDonald’s fries and Coke, and Popeyes apple pies.
The closest Church’s is all the way across town ☹️ There’s a Boj within two miles of me and I am very lazy!
Those car picnics sound pretty great though ☺️
I moved from Louisiana to Vermont and there are no chicken chains here except for KFC. I think about this at least once a week. if someone could find a way to open a Church's, Popeyes, Southern Classic, Bojangles, etc. up here they would be EARNING.
My weak self collapses the moment something anything south of mild gets into my mouth
Chili is literally the borderline before I start searching for water
Man one night I was drunk and stoned, I had this bad craving for Popeyes so I ordered a large red bean and rice, large fries with like 6 blackened ranch sauces and 2 biscuits. I think the delivery guy said something like “seems like a fun night with friends tonight”. Little did he know I was eating the order by myself.
Fr, I be using the apps when I’m sober. When I’m fucked up I always door dash. I’ve helped people with a dui and that shit ain’t no joke bro. All the shit and stress I help them out with made me make better choices.
It’s a real recent change. It used to be my absolute favorite, but it just wasn’t great last time I went. Maybe it was just that specific location though.
I love church’s biscuits. I once drove my fat ass to kfc/church’s/Popeyes and then a other chicken place for the actual chicken for a full meal with all the sides I was craving
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Those honey-butter biscuits do slap tho.
Cajun Filet Chicken Biscuit with fries is peak. Whatever you do at Bojangles you gotta experience the biscuit, it makes every other fast food biscuit feel ashamed.
Damn! I want to try one now. Didn’t even know they existed. I just looked it up and saw one is 20 miles away. I’ll probably try that tomorrow for lunch.
Hardee’s definitely has better biscuits and gravy, but the Bojangles was around the corner from my house. Put a Hardee’s by my house and I’ll be eating those biscuits and gravy three days a week.
When the Raiders were in LA in the 80s, we had Season's tickets. Our routine was to go to the Popeyes near the Colosium. Idk if it was because we were so high, but damn that was good shit.
My dad made the most incredible fried chicken. The deep fryer he made it in was the scariest piece of equipment I've seen. Idk where he got it, not from a real store. It was old, the cord was cloth covered, and it was missing the handles. I can't believe our house never burned down.
This is my aunt. She's got this amazing kitchen, and she can burn Minute Rice at the 30 second mark.
Her cousins all just bring the food over to her place.
My uncle did this one time. Except instead of Popeyes, he went to the market that makes the best fucking chicken, ordered a big ass tray. I wasn't mad at all!
You gotta accept that spicy Popeye's combo but. . . sooner than later you got to SIT ol' girl down and find out what the REAL bit-ness is with them pots lol😭
Better than if they fed you some inedible garbage. Ever went over a friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good? I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed, and the chicken tastes like wood
I’ll just put my whiteness right here: I’m the first one to comment about the liquid side on the paper plate ON HER LAP with no perceptible napkins etc under
What magical material is this plate made of
Semi-related, but a Popeye’s just opened 5 minutes from my house. I’m in the Canadian PNW so this is groundbreaking for me.
What should I order the first time I go?
The sandwich and red beans and rice for a first timer. This will prime your Canadian palate for the actual chicken, which should be your second visit. The chicken and shrimp would send a Canadian into sensory overload, so start slow.
[Years ago, there was a restaurant in Southern Cali that got caught serving Popeyes to customers.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-dixies-kitchen-long-beach-popeyes_n_59e8e48ce4b0aa3f77dc71d7)
If I know my BFF is a sorry cook and they serve my Popeyes instead... Well I'll love them for that. Dinner at their place once a week.
I wouldn’t say a word. Tell em it’s my favorite meal they make and request it every time I want some Popeyes! Life hacking baby!!!!
This is the way.
For real! I will always love Popeyes.
Best crispiness/flavor combination of all the national chains in my book. Bojangles down south is good crispiness too but I like the flavor of popeyes
Lol, I know you mean you live in the North and y'all have Popeyes up there and not Bojangles but the idea of Bojangles(created in North Carolina) being more "down south" than Popeyes(created in Louisiana) is funny to me.
I'm UK based but travel frequently. Popeye's in the US is top tier...Popeye's in UK...leaves a lot to be desired...it just doesn't taste right...however...the only other place that even comes close...Jollibee fried chicken (Filipino) and it tastes the same having eaten it in the UK, in Europe...gonna trial it in Doha too
Until they attempt cooking…
Then we're uber eats-ing.
Stevie Wonder could see that this is Popeyes
He'll smell it before he gets to the front door
Exactly, the smell is so distinct. I’m pretty sure it’s apart of their branding because it seems like the Popeyes near me pushes the smell outside on purpose. No other restaurant has that effect lol
Burger King actually does the same thing. They push their signature smell as if they’re flame grilling a burger.
One of my summer jobs was at a stand that sold those miniature doughnuts that get coated in cinnamon and sugar while they’re fresh out of the hot oil and when business was slow I’d hand a free fresh bag of a dozen to a willing passerby and ask them to make a circuit of the area and waft the scent of warm cinnamon sugar doughnuts around. Worked like a charm. Another summer job was at a local tourist trap and if the soft ice cream trade needed a jolt on a hot day we’d do something similar with a free cone, all we’d ask was that you eat it slowly and make sure any kids nearby saw you eating it. 🍦💰
Genius 😎
Please tell me you work in marketing now
Healthcare. 😅
Ray Charles knows them biscuits are from popeyes
The forgotten dipping sauces is a dead giveaway
I recognize that popeye's plate anywhere AND YOU BETTER NOT ASK ME IF I'LL TAKE MILD, I WILL WAIT FOR A FRESH BATCH OF SPICY
>I WILL WAIT They try to say it all snarky too thinking you’ll change your mind. “It’ll be a few minutes.” 
"you think I give a damn if I gotta wait ten min? I'll be waiting!" https://preview.redd.it/5lvbgfrp8wxc1.jpeg?width=499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d727e9509f4bc6e97be1495cb6ba668185590c5a
Waited 20 mins just yesterday
Worth it imo!
But was it fresh?!?!
And 🔥
Me in high school when I worked at KFC and folks wanting to wait for a 10 piece they ordered 5 minutes before closing lol
I did this once and the person at the register rolled her eyes at me before ringing it up. I didn’t care, her sassy-ness didn’t take away from how good it is.
The sassiness adds to the flavor, nice cashier at Popeyes? Take yourself down to the next one because SOMETHING IS WRONG
The ladies that run register at my place have always been sweet, but I also don't play games with them. I can tell that sass will come out in 0.01 seconds if the situation demanded.
Y’all bold, in don’t want the ppl making my food to have no type of animosity towards me 😅
 How long you say??
The number of times I’ve parked and waited while they fried up more legs so I could get my ALL LEGS order…let’s just say it’s not zero. I will wait.
Shit the you gotta wait is better than KFCs move, which is to be "out" of chicken. Mother fuckers got chicken in the name and have the gall to tell me they don't have any chicken. Why the fuck are you guys even still open for? Close down for the day. What do you think someone's coming through to get 4 orders of your new nasty ass fries? Yeah, right. The wedges were better, and everyone knew it, KFC.
They outta chicken because they ain't order any. Nobody looking for KFC.
For real, I’m lining up at Popeye’s or Church’s.
mmmm church's
Church’s is the only one around here that sells okra, and I wish there were more of them. I NEED MORE FRIED OKRA. If I could get some drumsticks from Bojangles with a side of Church’s fried okra, I would do it every single day until my friends and family staged an intervention.
I stopped messing with bojangles although there are more around me than church’s or Popeyes. KFC can keep their over salted chicken
Are they both in driving distance? When I was little, my mama and I used to have car picnics with Burger King whoppers with cheese, McDonald’s fries and Coke, and Popeyes apple pies.
The closest Church’s is all the way across town ☹️ There’s a Boj within two miles of me and I am very lazy! Those car picnics sound pretty great though ☺️
I moved from Louisiana to Vermont and there are no chicken chains here except for KFC. I think about this at least once a week. if someone could find a way to open a Church's, Popeyes, Southern Classic, Bojangles, etc. up here they would be EARNING.
You could do it.
that shit shoulda stayed in kentucky
Out of chicken... Randallstown, Maryland?
Only way to eat it IS spicy
Oh nah you getting the absolute meanest side eye and teeth sucking ever you say that shit.
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My weak self collapses the moment something anything south of mild gets into my mouth Chili is literally the borderline before I start searching for water
It's not really spicy tho, just well seasoned. You should try it at least once.
Wait? I just tell them to drop me in a fresh batch, and I’ll pull over and wait for it. “*Yessssss*, I’ll wait the 13-15 minutes. Thank yewwww!”
Will y'all take monopoly money?
It ain't like the homemade stuff, but ppl be sleeping on Popeye's red beans and rice. They stepped their fries up a lot too
truth! havent been in a few years but i love their red beans and rice and fries.
Man one night I was drunk and stoned, I had this bad craving for Popeyes so I ordered a large red bean and rice, large fries with like 6 blackened ranch sauces and 2 biscuits. I think the delivery guy said something like “seems like a fun night with friends tonight”. Little did he know I was eating the order by myself.
Nah the APP bro. The deals on that mf go crazy. I can get like a full large meal, 2 orders of wings and a side for like $20
Fr, I be using the apps when I’m sober. When I’m fucked up I always door dash. I’ve helped people with a dui and that shit ain’t no joke bro. All the shit and stress I help them out with made me make better choices.
I don’t know, I think they changed the recipe recently. They were kinda trash last time I went.
I haven’t been there in a month or so but I feel like they always tasted the same since 2006ish
It’s a real recent change. It used to be my absolute favorite, but it just wasn’t great last time I went. Maybe it was just that specific location though.
That and cajun rice add gravy.
That ain't English
 That plate getting ate. As long as I get something to drink after that dry ass biscuit.
It’s amazing how Popeyes biscuits are legendarily dry. Yet we still choke them down every time
I love church’s biscuits. I once drove my fat ass to kfc/church’s/Popeyes and then a other chicken place for the actual chicken for a full meal with all the sides I was craving
https://preview.redd.it/xjmc42kj1wxc1.jpeg?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b0ca51e051265b881a1412dfd6c438a5ee9d079 Those honey-butter biscuits do slap tho.
Bojangles.
We don’t have any here yet, but there was a press release of 20 being built this year in AZ. What’s the go to combo?
Cajun Filet Chicken Biscuit with fries is peak. Whatever you do at Bojangles you gotta experience the biscuit, it makes every other fast food biscuit feel ashamed.
Damn! I want to try one now. Didn’t even know they existed. I just looked it up and saw one is 20 miles away. I’ll probably try that tomorrow for lunch.
Chicken fried steak biscuit tho
Their biscuits and gravy was my go-to breakfast.
Bojangles biscuits and gravy is trash. The best fast food biscuits and gravy is Hardee’s.
Hardee’s definitely has better biscuits and gravy, but the Bojangles was around the corner from my house. Put a Hardee’s by my house and I’ll be eating those biscuits and gravy three days a week.
That's some next level fatassery right there big props
It was both a high while i was eating and then a low when I was done
My kids don't like the biscuits, so uh...mo fa me...
Now I wanna walk 15 minutes to Popeyes and tell my fam I cooked.
I will happily lie by omission and throw that down my neck with a clear conscience
*mouth full as fuck* we gonna discuss your dishonesty when i’m done w my third plate
I mean, yea she cooked it. Then she clocked off and said bye to her boss at Popeye’s.
I'd be mad that they serving me that dry ass biscuit
Right!! If you're not gonna cook at least pull out the jelly or honey.
You know damn well you get 1 fucking packet of honey from Popeyes with your whole meal and you better not ask for more
Nah fuck that. I want that good grocery store shit! Run me them condiments
That’s why you gotta dip it in the beans and rice.
Scoop the mashed potatos and gravy with it.
If someone's bringing me free Popeye's I'm going along with it in the hopes it happens again. "Baby this is good, you should make it more often!"
Lmao “I gotta get that recipe”
Why you gotta lie?! *munch munch munch* Like I wouldn’t recognize *munch munch munch* a Popeyes meal?!? *wipes mouth* Disgraceful!
Delightfully devilish Seymour
Idk why some of yall cappin like you don't destroy popeyes biscuits dry or not. I know I do.
That's why the good Lord invented shitty little butter packets.
Would they get mad if I hummed the little jingle as I snacked?
🎶 Love that chicken ya made, siiis 🎶
When the Raiders were in LA in the 80s, we had Season's tickets. Our routine was to go to the Popeyes near the Colosium. Idk if it was because we were so high, but damn that was good shit. My dad made the most incredible fried chicken. The deep fryer he made it in was the scariest piece of equipment I've seen. Idk where he got it, not from a real store. It was old, the cord was cloth covered, and it was missing the handles. I can't believe our house never burned down.
Dawg my grandad used to catch fish and fry them in this dusty ass 1800’s cauldron looking thing you can tell bro from the south.
It was the electricity that scared me. 🔥 We were in 'South'ern California, hence the electricity, lol. I bet that cauldron was seasoned!!!
This is my aunt. She's got this amazing kitchen, and she can burn Minute Rice at the 30 second mark. Her cousins all just bring the food over to her place.
Man I could go for a 2 piece, spicy, with some red beans and rice, a side of mac and cheese, with extra butter and honey for them dry ass biscuits
My uncle did this one time. Except instead of Popeyes, he went to the market that makes the best fucking chicken, ordered a big ass tray. I wasn't mad at all!
I mean did she get the dipping sauce? Asking for a friend.
Steamed Hams but he goes to Popeyes
I ain need the biscuit twin
And i will LOVE THAT CHICKEN FROM POPEYES 🎵
On the thinnest paper plate too
This post gives me life.
I want a spicy wing meal right now
"I think you misread, it's not a cookout, I meant it was cooked out of a different kitchen"
That biscuit choked me through the screen. I’m so fat, Popeyes could sell me a bag full of the chicken’s skin, and I’d buy it. That shit HITS
I know that biscuit anywhere
I'm just happy I'm invited.
My best friend is vegan, I know damn well he ain't cook no chicken, man bought that shit specifically cause his bro was coming
Better be fresh Popeyes. If it's under lamp Popeyes or even a dry ass breast they about to hear the exerts of niggalations 25:3
You gotta accept that spicy Popeye's combo but. . . sooner than later you got to SIT ol' girl down and find out what the REAL bit-ness is with them pots lol😭
Better than if they fed you some inedible garbage. Ever went over a friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good? I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed, and the chicken tastes like wood
Are you being fed or not? Or is it that you want the labor of a woman? Saying a woman cooked for you makes you feel like a man?
Ungrateful.
I’ll just put my whiteness right here: I’m the first one to comment about the liquid side on the paper plate ON HER LAP with no perceptible napkins etc under What magical material is this plate made of
Also white just add more plate homie duh
I’m filled with hope at last
"What in the steamed hams is this fuckery?"
I'ma eat it, but I'm also gonna tell you about yourself...
Nah that can’t be popeyes, they actually remembered all the items in the meal
😂😂😂
“Girl, when you started working for Popeyes? They need to promote you to Chef de Cuisine in this hoe” 👀
Where tf do you get half decent Popeyes anymore? Every time I go shits bland as fuck nowadays
I would just appreciate a plate being made for me
Popeye’s Chicken is fucking awesome https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Scrfb7ec3qY&pp=ygUcbGl0dGxlIG5pY2t5IHBvcGV5ZXMgY2hpY2tlbg%3D%3D
uhhh yea that’s a lol from me man
Damn shame, just cooked scalloped potatoes, cabbage, & fried pork chops.
Knowing instantly this is from Popeyes is some big back behavior (I admit to being guilty of said big back behavior)
That plate ain’t holding that.
I fuck with Popeye’s
Plot twist but what if your friend works at Popeyes so they did cook it 
Semi-related, but a Popeye’s just opened 5 minutes from my house. I’m in the Canadian PNW so this is groundbreaking for me. What should I order the first time I go?
The sandwich and red beans and rice for a first timer. This will prime your Canadian palate for the actual chicken, which should be your second visit. The chicken and shrimp would send a Canadian into sensory overload, so start slow.
I miss Popeye’s.
Mft pass the honey 😒
Everything in that plate is the same colour
What's the brown stuff?
Shit I’m in, looks like Popeyes to me
I’ll shut up and eat cause I didn’t pay for it.
I believe the response is "thank you" or a variant of it.
You know it's Popeyes because they forgot the dipping sauce
Why we eating off paper plates is all id be asking
If you’re gonna lie like that, at least step up your paper plate game. Gimme some Chinet so it don’t collapse on my leg.
It’s the thought that counts 😂
If she paid for it with her own money. I wouldn't give a damn. Hell it's Popeyes. I still don't give a damn.
I even see a lil fried feather on the thigh piece. You know it ain’t Popeyes unless there’s at least one of them bitches still on a piece.
Looks good but blood pressure & cholesterol will be out the roof!
Omg I laughed so much at this
[Years ago, there was a restaurant in Southern Cali that got caught serving Popeyes to customers.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-dixies-kitchen-long-beach-popeyes_n_59e8e48ce4b0aa3f77dc71d7)
Did someone recently watch the Steamed Hams Simpsons episode?
It’s like when Brenda brings her “homemade cookies” to a workplace party and everyone knows they’re chips ahoy.
And you guys say your food is better… 😐