Posted on 02/21/2024 2:30:36 PM PST by Rummyfan
Chicago has a problem with retailers closing their doors, pulling up stakes, and getting the hell out of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods.
Without warning last week, a KFC franchisee "abruptly" shuttered three South Side locations. One outlet, located in Chatham, had been "undergoing renovations for months" when the franchise owner apparently just gave up and boarded up the windows instead. According to the same Fox 32 Chicago report, the Great KFC Vanishing came "less than one month after Cinema Chatham, a local movie theater, shut down." That closure also came without warning.
Sixth Ward Alderman William Hall said, "A closed business is not only a sore eye, but it’s a gateway for violence because when you see abandonment, it looks as if there is no love, no hope in the community."
"There was no communication," he added. "I saw what the residents saw, disappointed just the same way they are."
A commenter on the Fox 32 story wrote, "What's killing business on the south side of Chicago is no one feels safe anymore. I frequented both the 35th and 75th Street locations, and the food was great. But I'd never go after dark. There's a whole different feel to those streets when the sun goes down."
I was about to write how sad it is when a well-run restaurant can't survive the lawlessness prevalent in parts of the city, but it's worse than sad, isn't it?
Some folks, like Twitter/X user Jay here, had fun with the bad news. "I went to that same KFC," he posted. "When I got my order I walked out and I was chased by these two guys with red hats and they were yelling 'This is MAGA country' in a Jamaican accent… no wonder why it’s shut down."
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This should be interesting.
I saw the thread title and wondered why the Guess Who (rock band) owned stores in Chicago. News to me! :p
So there’s an opportunity for Harold’s Fried Chicken to expand in their home market.
Their staff are behind 1” bullet-proof glass and they serve you through a rotating opening made of the same - so clearly they know how to operate in the hood.
American Woman?
Now they have gone too far
Another Fried Chicken Desert.
Now that Chitcago has sued the majors for Gorebal Warning damages, just wait for the mayhem as all of the gas stations shut down and natural gas stops coming through the interwebs of pipes.
Then there’s alawys Popeyes Chicken—if you like eating cardboard.
Harold’s is some damn good chicken.
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Well, Alderman Hall, why don't you just step in and start a KFC franchise of your own ? You'd make a killing !
The residents of Chicago got exactly what they voted for and they are getting it good and hard. Hope they like it because it’s only going to escalate.
Sore eye, abandonment, no love - isn’t that what that community gives out to the world?
I miss Marshal Fields.
“Popeyes Chicken—if you like eating cardboard”
The ones where I am put out quality fried chicken.
Only problem I have is the employees are straight outta the ‘hood.
This guy is worse than Lightfoot... and that's saying something! Say what you want about Richard Daley and his Machine, but the city worked.
KFC leaving? Friggin KFC??
BURN DIS BITCH DOWN!!
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