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'''Chicken in the Rough''' was a | '''Chicken in the Rough''' was a franchise concept for restaurants serving fried chicken which was offered in more than one location in the [[Birmingham area]] in the 1940s and 1950s. | ||
The copyright for the marketing materials featuring a rooster holding a golf club, and the patent for a special griddle, was held by Beverly Osborne of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He came upon the idea of a cheap "finger food" meal during the [[Great Depression]]. The restaurants served unjointed fried chicken with french fries, biscuits and honey. | |||
* The [[Vulcan Restaurant]] at 2512 [[18th Street South]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]]) in [[Homewood]], owned by [[Wally Mead]]. | * The [[Vulcan Restaurant]] at 2512 [[18th Street South]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]]) in [[Homewood]], owned by [[Wally Mead]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 2 December 2015
Chicken in the Rough was a franchise concept for restaurants serving fried chicken which was offered in more than one location in the Birmingham area in the 1940s and 1950s.
The copyright for the marketing materials featuring a rooster holding a golf club, and the patent for a special griddle, was held by Beverly Osborne of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He came upon the idea of a cheap "finger food" meal during the Great Depression. The restaurants served unjointed fried chicken with french fries, biscuits and honey.
- The Vulcan Restaurant at 2512 18th Street South (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood, owned by Wally Mead.
- Chicken in the South at 2120 Bessemer Road in Central Park was formerly Chicken in the Rough before it was bought by Leon and Richard Boackle in 1955