Church's Texas Chicken — Restaurant in Belleville

We were over on the east side, (that's Illinois, but not in East St Louis.We went to Belleville to look at a house we wanted to rent. we saw a Church's on the way. (We are from E.Texas) We do like Church's Fried Chicken and close to where we're going to live that's fine with us, we reckon. My wife would attend to get the chicken and there was a man singing Amazing Grace she was kind of surprised but she is a church-goer and I am too. We thought that feller's tenor singing was Grand. The man had a beautiful voice so this Churches comes with music, that time anyway. Sometimes you have to stop and appreciate what life offers, at that moment, or you won't get the full flavor of a thing or a place you visit. that's why I'm writing this because I do that. so does Cindy, my wife. He got it fixed and pieces and mashed taters and peppers and a big old Coke. We would go to eat the chicken in the car cuz it's messy and the cars about Nu. But we actually it on that and we ate chicken in the car cuz we was hungry and it smelt good, it was hot and fresh. we got in our little sports car, we did and cranked up some Tool. In Arizona minor he got on about a stalking Butler, it was a drankin' song, ever so groovy and esoteric sounding ,and he going on and warbling and squealing. The song's name was "Sober". who decided most of them Fellers in the band we're not..... Sober. So off into the sunset and October day we rode into the city traffic of Rush Hour and ate chicken and we felt whole and complete and stuff with Church's Fried Chicken. It was good. That's right.( authentic Southern Redneck Review by real Southerners... Don't...

I think I reviewed this place before but it's letting me do it again. This is my third stop at this location because I know I've had Church's Chicken a very long time ago and loved it. But the last two times I came here I hated it and I was aggravated by my experience. But something has changed. It's probably been at least 8 months since I've been here cuz I keep hoping that it's going to be great again. I got the spicy chicken sandwich and it was spot on. The sauce was at just the right amount and the pickles made it a very juicy and hot experience. The jalapeno poppers have little pieces of jalapeno in them and they are great to the last one. And I'm not sure if I've had these jalapeno poppers before but they are probably the hottest of any fast food location I've tried. I love it. The one thing that surprised me the most is when I first opened my bag there was a tiny little plastic bag inside and when I opened it up there was a single jalapeno. What a seriously great addition to a already spicy meal. And their biscuits are probably my favorite biscuit of any place as well. I am back on cloud nine with...

I will be brutally honest about fast food chicken. Most of the chicken places have lost their touch. I have seen baby wings so small that they can't be classified as a piece. I have seen too much crust on the chicken. I have had items missed and not in the bag. I have had cold fries that were sitting up all day, yet given to me. I have seen nearly burnt biscuits. I have seen chickstrips so small that they look like a half a strip. Removing corn on a stick from their menu was the worst move by Church's. And I have seen so many so-called big deals that only include drums & thighs and strips. And rewards programs where you have to buy almost 3 family buckets just to earn a drum & thigh free on your next visit. And we are supposed to get excited over this along with the higher prices? I found out that the best deal is at the grocery store hot chicken bar!!! The chicken is very flavorful, and not bland and hot or mild like fast food chicken. The chicken there has light crisp batter and you get all the good meat included for a lower price!!!! Church's needs to learn how to get customers more...