Church's Texas Chicken — Restaurant in El Centro

This is one of the most tightly run Church's I've ever come across. The inside always sounds like a war room or emergency room due to the constant beeping and ultra tight quarters, but everyone is moving and the food surfaces look clean. It's quick for how small the restaurant is and, unlike the nearby KFC with their hit or miss food and great customer service, this place always has fresh food that tastes like it was prepared correctly to spec even when the staff are sometimes too overloaded to even take your order.

Updates: twice now I found the chicken oddly flavorless, but not consistently across the different pieces. I also noticed a lot of the employees are covered in flour while alarms just absolutely blare in the background. I hope management realizes that the heart of their business when the business is a franchise isn't the product alone but their employees too... And that they ensure there are enough people on staff so that they don't have to...

My first visit to this location was during Covid19 and service was SLOW, so slow I had to reschedule my day. I tried the garlic butter combo, btw drink is not included and is $1.79. I also ordered a lemon pie. I was in line 20 minutes when I got to the window and was told they were making my food. The blue Tucson in front of me kept being handed bag after bag, another reason for the delay! I see a worker sprinkling garlic powder on my food... I must say garlic powder dresses up the chicken tenders nicely. I don’t recommend the shrimp. The fries are excellent, in fact I’d go back just for them on their own. Home style crinkle fries, perfectly fried. The biscuit was nice as well. Coleslaw excellent .Now the pie I got was apple and not lemon. For a sec I thought I’d go exchange it. But it was really kind of amazing, much nicer than another deep fried apple pie I know. So have time to spare and this could change after...

Very good chicken, however we ordered spicy chicken and received original instead. This happened twice already at the same place, so I strongly recommend to make sure you get your order right! It could be due to the voice box that is positioned too close to the ground for me to order my meal clearly.

Overall, it is a very good restaurant with consistent quality chicken. Luckily I ordered jalapeno peppers, so I at least had something spicy to eat from there. I recommend those who are looking for some crispy, crunchy, fast food chicken, but to just ensure that you are getting...