Kennedy Fried Chicken

I was bewildered when I arrived in The Bronx by noon, so I took a leap of faith and walked in the closest KFC. Of course, KFC is a collaboration of Colonel Sanders and Kennedy, as if the gimmicky name cannot be more obvious.
And it was in this KFC restaurant that I came up with some of the best essential existential questions:
— Why do you need 3 security cameras for one small room?
— Why is there only 1 bottle of ketchup and a limited amount of napkins?
— Why did they name 8oz of sugar water «iced tea» and «lemonade»?
— Why do they accept only cash when KFC should’ve been a fast food chain?
— Why are their fries so stale yet crunchy?
I assume that First World problems have abducted my mentality.

Food options are plentiful, everything’s made to order so it will be piping hot, and the food flavors are on point. You can’t go wrong with anything you buy here. Also, the cashier is very funny and down-​to-​earth.
I used to go here as a little girl, it’s still the same having come back home years later.

Just a regular fried chicken spot. Their fries are pretty good but salty. The fish sandwich is decent and pretty large. Service is ok, though the night staff is much friendlier.

I was on a little group trip to the Bronx Botanical Garden today with a few friends. Since it was close to lunch, we wanted to eat something before we went into the garden. There were very few food options where we were. Basically it was a choice between a empty pizza shop, two delis, a Chinese restaurant that didn’t look too appetizing, or KFC. No… not THAT KFC. This was Kennedy Fried Chicken. After a few moments of debate, we decided on Kennedy Fried Chicken because at least it seems to have decent looking photos of it’s food plastered all over the interior walls.
One of my friends was just getting over food poisoning at the time so she pulled out a bag of plain Wonder Bread. It was one of the few things that she could eat for now without upsetting her stomach again. She sat down at a table and started chewing on it sadly while the rest of us made our order. I felt a little bad for her.
My order was a combo consisting of 1 chicken thigh and 1 drum stick, tostones (twice-​fried plantain patties), and a can of soda. I sat down with my friends and hungrily started to chew on my chicken… then stopped and poured a ton of ketchup on top of it. I think the people here never heard of spices and/​or seasonings. There wasn’t much taste to the chicken at all outside of the simple fried batter. It was edible but not very good. The tostones on the other hand tasted like I was eating cardboard… or what I imagined cardboard would taste like if I were to eat one. Dry, devoid of any flavor at all, and slightly chewy, I ate one of the six pieces that came with my meal and never touched another one. My other friends took a piece each, took a few bites and never came back for seconds.
I looked enviously at my friend that was chewing on the Wonder Bread. I think her meal was better then mine’s.

One of my favorite Kennedy spots– complete with the bulett-​proof glass, but cmon who would rob a Kennedy fried? we wouldnt want them to close down now, would we?
I reccomend a visit to this establishment after a visit to the Lorillard Snuff Mill which is found in the Botanical Gardens just down the street– actually I should inform the reader that the Kennedy Fried Restaurant is actually not included inside the Botanical Garden grounds– even though the area of its location is just as scenic and also has its architecture deeply rooted in the renaissance style.

The greatest knockoff chicken spot around. Kennedy is a chain of chicken and biscuit restaurants that are often open late and offer reasonable prices.
This one in fact doesn’t have the most competent staff, so be specific and make your order easy. I recommend stick with a snack box order of fries/​2 pcs of friend chicken/​and a biscuit.
Though this place offers a fast food alternative to KFC, the food is about the same and may even be cheaper. FYI do not talk to anyone or buy anything from the venders that camp out in this local spot.