Depending on how you look at it, the Food Gods have either blessed me or cursed me for breaking the #Popeyesgate story four years ago, having then been attached to every growing food controversy since: From the disaster that was Restauration to the utterly baffling and perturbing homophobic rant of a DTLB business owner…
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But it also comes with the better news every now and then: I happily get to go to Popeyes whenever something new comes along. I absolutely loved their chicken sandwich—which they filmed a commercial using the disgraced owner of Sweet Dixie Kitchen, using her space as the first to serve the sandwiches in a perfectly planned publicity stunt—and today, I get to announce a new Popeyes location opening on the eastern edge of Bluff Heights.
The Louisiana-based chicken chain’s choice to move here is actually smart from a consumer angle (though not the best dietary-wise, let’s be honest): The tiny, hefty residential area around it is home to little fast food, with the combination Taco Bell/Pizza Hut off of Broadway to the south and little up north until you hit Anaheim.
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According to the construction worker on site, the space should be open by the new year and it will not include a drive-through so that parking lot could be… Well, let’s just say it might be a bit hectic.
Let’s just pray the new Breakfast Bar opening around the corner on 4th doesn’t start replacing their chicken and waffles with Popeyes and call it “house-made.”
(Just kiddin’: We know Pamela and Josh Beadel would never be that misleading.)
Popeyes newest Long Beach space will be located at 301 Redondo Ave.