One day in 2017, during the brunch rush at Sweet Dixie Kitchen—a small Southern California restaurant that the Orange County Register once dubbed “Long Beach’s Church of Southern Breakfast”—a customer was astonished to see a member of the restaurant’s staff duck into the kitchen bearing two large orders of Popeyes fried chicken. “I wanted to believe that this was just a snack for the workers, but alas it was not,” the patron, who goes by Tyler H. on Yelp, wrote, in an account of the meal. The chicken was, instead, destined for plates of the restaurant’s thirteen-dollar entrée of chicken and waffles. When Tyler asked a server for more detail on how the dish was prepared, his suspicions were confirmed: the restaurant readily owned up to outsourcing its chicken-frying to the national chain. Kim Sanchez, the owner of Sweet Dixie Kitchen—who happened to be the Popeyes smuggler Tyler had spotted—doubled down on her decision in a response appended to Tyler’s Yelp post. “We PROUDLY SERVE Popeyes spicy tenders,” she wrote, noting that her culinary philosophy is all about sourcing ingredients from the best purveyors, whether it’s tracking down jam from an artisan in Alabama, finding fresh vegetables at the farmer’s market, or placing a takeout order for America’s best fast-food...
Read moreI've had a horrible experience each time I visited. The employees aren't helpful or competent. I've dealt with a manager before and rathered the lower level employees still. The last straw I had with this place was after I ordered on the app and arrived the place was closed even though they were supposed to be open for almost 2 more hours. After sitting at the ordering station for a couple minutes with no greeting I pulled forward to the window and was ignored for a few more minutes while employees passed by and looked at me ignoring me. When someone finally came to the window and told me they are closed and kept telling me I'm wrong about the hours even though the sign was directly in front of me on the window he rudely told me anything with the app isn't their problem and I was on my own dealing with it. So to add insult to injury as my card had already been charged and I had to contact customer service to get my money back. From what I heard they do this often. So avoid this place and even if it's your last resort you will be less stressed and annoyed by...
Read moreIt's Popeyes. Some of the best fried chicken around in the 19454. Lines tend to move slowly in the drive through and the internal dining remains closed atm as of the timing in this review 6.19.2021. Sometimes they are out of stock or inventory on popular items but they have been improving slowly. I get a shrimp tackle box EVERY Saturday after getting my car washed as a treat to myself. They definitely need to fix the mix on their fountain soda machine asap. But let's focus on how well their food tastes and what you typically get for your dollar. Everything is perfectly cooked never over done or saturated which attention to detail being on point. It's worth the weight pulling away and your order being correct everytime. The ladies who typically run the drive thru are patient and do an excellent job in my opinion and experience. This location is one of a kind near me, easy to get to, and relatively easy to get out of. I'm grateful for them being close by as I said I love friend shrimp and chicken as a treat and they HOOK IT UP!...
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