Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken

I love there big tenders!!! I’m not a fan of chicken with a bone in it so i don’t know how that tastes.

It’s like Colonel Sanders went back in time and found the recipe without the food poisoning!!! Hooray!!!
I was a first timer and was interested to see a KFC styled restaurant with movable benches, old school railing, free refills, and hearty helpings for reasonable prices. This is a place to eat your heart out (or clog it up).

I hadn’t been to a Lee’s in about 20 years when I was 6. We moved from Nashville to Phoenix which didn’t have any Lee’s but when we returned to Nashville those were all closed. So I was very excited to see this one while we were traveling.
I was the one who most wanted to go to Lee’s because I always loved their Reds Beans and Rice but I turned out to be the one most disappointed. Lee’s has changed the recipe and now adds chopped up jalapenos to the dish which they did not before; it was never hot and now it is. I also remember that there were chunks of sausage too and they no longer put that in. Otherwise it still tastes somewhat the same just too hot for my liking.
Everyone was happy with their chicken. I always thought it was a bit similar to KFC and found out that the man who started Lee’s back in the 60s was Col Sanders’ nephew so there you go.
The prices were reasonable and the man and lady working there were very friendly and helpful. I just have to take a star away because of the change in the Red Beans and Rice recipe but that isn’t this individual store’s fault I’m sure, it must have been a corporate decision.
When we got a to-​go bag it states there are Lee’s in Tennessee and Arizona. I was surprised to see that and checked the website. For Tennessee, It does show some Lee’s scattered here and there but none in the Nashville area. It didn’t show any for Arizona so those must’ve closed too. I’m curious where they were though because we’ve always traveled all over the state for years and never saw any ever. As Lee’s Lovers we would’ve noticed.