KFC

I was hoteling nearby and was hankerin’ for sum friiiiied chicken! Did the drive thru 05.06.16 and found no reason to fault them for food or service. Ordered the #10 box meal + add a breast. Comes w/​drink. The visit hit the spot and was very typical of the experience I’ve had at several other KFC’s. My service was fast & friendly. Employees on point. Ringin’ the bell as I leave like at Long John Silver’s. Good job crew!

We don’t eat at KFC very often. I had the lame idea of trying it again. First off, the cashier, Michelle, had a SERIOUS attitude problem. Rude as the day is long. No smile, no hello, no thank you. Looked like she really hated her job. We told her our food was dine-​in. It was put in a to go bag, no plates, butter, sporks, etc. I didn’t dare ask for plates. Chicken was under-​cooked. Slaw and potatoes were OK. Biscuits fair. Are we going back? NOPE!!! Bad attitudes don’t fare well with me.

Friendly, accurate

Chicken Bowl, which I had for the first time, is very tasty, the people working here are very personable.
What made our visit unpleasant was all of the FLIES buzzing everywhere! I came in 15 years ago and it was a problem– STILL NOT FIXED? It was actually amusing to look around and see every diner eating their food with one hand and shooing the flies away with the other– there seemed to be one fly assigned to each table, and it didn’t matter if they were window tables or in the middle of the room. Incidentally, these were very small, young adult flies– so that means they were recently hatched nearby, which is kind of gross wondering where the «nest» is.

This is a review for the chicken pot pie only.
I saw an advertisement for the chicken pot pie for $ 4. I decided to give it a try.
Save yourself the trip if you’re curious. If you’ve had Banquet chicken pot pies, you know what this tastes like. It’s about the size of two Banquet pies. And it’s $ 4, versus what, $ 3 for two Banquet pot pies. I believe it’s $ 6 normally.

This KFC is next to BK and Black Bear Diner (across from Wienerschnitzel in Sparks). I used to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken as a kid and really liked it. I’m still down with greasy fried chicken but damn I want that Popeye’s back! Popeye’s in the Western Addition neighborhood SF got me stuck on that greasy ass (terrible for you, but damn soooo good) flava. KFC, judging by this Sparks location, and the «new» style chicken… oh man… my stomach just lurched up into my throat by the thought of it.
I mainly went there because Jr. Thirst wanted to go. Sometimes eight-​year-​olds (he was @ the time anyway) can make surprisingly good calls on dining choices. umm not UURRP this time by the way. Holy God and Baby Jesus, dare I continue?
There was some kind of «bonus deal» (more on this later) that involved a literal ass-​load of chicken. Like a whole extra box o-​chicken along with your regular 8 piece, or 10 piece, or whatnot. OK you got me pricewise. Gimme the usual sides of the biscuits and the cole slaw, and we’re good.
Biscuits are dry but taste OK, like always. That butter that comes in the nonrefrigerated packs is like chemical warfare material BTW. ICK! dip those mothers in the gravy or something, but don’t use that warm, nonperishable butter substitute shit, whatever you do.
Cole slaw – I freaking LOVE KFC cole slaw. Even after the upcoming (UURP) experience, I would still gladly eat any amount of KFC cole slaw. It’s always the same with the sweetness and that fake mayo sauce or whatever it is. I wouldn’t try to compare it to anybody’s homemade stuff (or anything else fresh), but it’s crunchy and juicy, and makes a great side. Plus, after the next (EURGHH) experience, cole slaw will probably be the only thing I’ll ever eat at any KFC again. Period.
Long story short = ate about four good-​sized pieces of chicken. I eat a lot, so not a big deal for me usually. Also had a couple small portions of the sides, I hadn’t eaten all day… should be just what I needed. I had eaten at this one before, actually I had taken it to go about three times, your typical fast food mediocrity, but pretty satisfying. Last time (which was probably late 2008 or so) was a very different matter.
Before we even left the restaurant (20 minutes after the initial chicken ingestion) I started to feel dizzy and not right with the world. Let’s see… I’m sober (at that moment) and with no major health issues, according to my doctor. The only thing that I can compare the sensation to: about 20 years ago, after dating a girl who was vegetarian, I had been vegetarian for about six months after giving red meat up for about a year beforehand. I visited my German grandma’s house a day or two before Xmas, and she insisted on cooking sausage from the German deli, despite me saying I was only going to have the potato and vegetable sides. I ate about ²⁄₃ of one veal-​based, fatty sausage (which still tasted fresh and high-​quality) and had to sit down. I felt dizzy and slightly nauseated, retired to the guest room and passed out for over two hours. To this day, I know that was my body not being used to producing the enzymes needed to break down meat (especially fatty meat).
But now I eat meat. Lots of it. Almost every meal contains meat. And KFC still gave me that PHYSICALLY SICK feeling anyway. At the time they were trying to promote some kind of «no trans fat» fad thing, so they might have been using a synthetic, weird shortening to deep fry their chicken. Whatever the case, I had awful food-​poisoning type symptoms (I’ll spare the obvious details) for two days straight and felt like I was going to die.
Which brings me to the «bonus» chicken. To steal a comparison that I heard years ago, getting «bonus» KFC chicken is like having a surgeon amputate a «bonus» limb when he goes in to remove a gangrenous infection. sooo, if you’re slow and still don’t get it, WHY THE LIVING HELL WOULD I WANT LIKE 8 PIECES OF CHICKEN WHEN FOUR MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS GONNA CRAP AND VOMIT OUT MY ENTIRE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM? It’s like they’re trying to get rid of that toxic crap. I threw out all the chicken after getting home, but couldn’t bring myself to dispose of the cole slaw. After eating some slaw the next day and not getting a bad reaction, I can say it was definitely the chicken that was to blame.
EECHHH, I can barely watch a KFC commercial even now. And now they’re promoting that supposedly heart-​healthy «grilled» chicken.
sorry KFC, some of us don’t mind overly fatty foods, if they are done right, taste good, and don’t make you sick. Your attempt at prolonging my life (with that «no trans fat» grease you fried the chicken parts in) made me want to slit my wrists with a rusty razor, rather than undergo more gastric agony. I can’t bring myself to try any other chicken from y’all. Just give me a lifetime supply of cole slaw, and I suppose I can call it even.