Chicken Coop — Restaurant in Grand Rapids

Dear New Owner of Chicken Coop,

I'm writing this in hopes that you read it and change the way you cook your chicken.

I came in to your establishment ready to throw down on some fried chicken but what I got was a salty bloody mess. I noticed that you pulled the chicken you served me out of a plastic bag that was stored in a cabinet under your heat lamps. 👀

The chicken looked like it was seasoned and floured already. I'm guessing you do this in order to be efficient when customers order your food so they can get it hot and fresh but it's not working. 🧐

Please create a recipe for your seasoned flour and test it on your family and friends. When you've found an acceptable one follow that recipe every time. Soak your chicken or brine your chicken. This will help eliminate the amount of blood. After soaking your chicken then coat it with the seasoned flour and then fry it.

Thank you and good luck. I hope I hear more positive reviews about your restaurant in the...

The service was slow and not personal. I felt that they treated us not as well because we weren't African American (me and my wife are Caucasian) . After about 10 minutes, they informed (my pregnant and hungry) wife and I that they "dont have chicken nuggets". . why is it on the menu, then? The rating goes down a star as I write this. I used to like the EASTERN AND BURTON LOCATION WHICH DOES NOT EXIST NOW, but this HALL AND DIVISION LOCATION IS NOT GOOD AT ALL. I understand why they are slowly but surely going out of business. BUYER BEWARE. AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE, DONT HAVE HALF THE THINGS ON THE MENU. I urge you to go to a different inter-changable chicken restaurant. One star for not being...

3 stars for the service and cleanliness, + 1 star for the entertainment of being waited in by a mean-looking* woman who seemed to feel like I had interrupted her gospel radio show or TV-watching time. I ordered a catfish basket. Don't have none. Perch? Nope. What do you have? What do you want? (I chuckled) Cod? Yes. Do you want fries? If they come in the basket. Oh, you want a basket? Yes, I still do. Comical! I suppose I might have been outside of the normal downtown, Division street demographic that she ordinarily encountered.

The fish was tasty, the fries good, service quick ish, and the price right,

*Another customer prevailed upon her to allow him 24 hours to pay and she...