Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

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A Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken restaurant in Memphis Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken.jpg
A Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken restaurant in Memphis
Three-piece fried chicken, baked beans, and slaw served at Gus's Three piece fried chicken, baked beans, slaw.jpg
Three-piece fried chicken, baked beans, and slaw served at Gus's

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken is a chain of southern fried chicken restaurants based in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in the town of Mason, Tennessee by Napoleon Vanderbilt. [1] As of March 2020, there are 30 locations in 14 states across the United States, there are plans to start franchising locations in China.

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The business is known for the hearse out front advertising "chicken worth dying for." Travel Channel rated Gus's as the 12th tastiest place to chow down and GQ Magazine rated it as a "top ten restaurant in the world worth flying for." [2] It has been featured on food channel television shows including The Best Thing I Ever Ate , $40 a Day with Rachael Ray and Man v. Food . [3] A red rooster frequented the business. [4]

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  1. ↑ "About Us". Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken » Gus Fried Chicken. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. ↑ Denney, Pamela (6 October 2012). "Gus's Fried Chicken: The Story Behind the Hearse".
  3. ↑ Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken review Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine About.com
  4. ↑ Gus's Fried Chicken Huffington Post April 10, 2012
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