Popeye’s
218-20 Jamaica Ave.,
Queens Village
465-9510
Cuisine: New Orleans-styled chicken
dishes
Hours: 12 p.m. to 1 a.m., daily
Couldn’t get to the
Big Easy for Mardi Gras?
Well there’s a new
place in Jamaica that is making the taste of New Orleans-style cooking
easy to grab on the go – it’s called Popeye’s.
The original Popeye’s
restaurant got its start when New Orleans’ Al Copeland began selling
a spicier fried chicken to the city’s downtown lunch crowd from his
fast service restaturant called “Chicken On The Run” in 1972.
A recent lunchtime
visit to the newly-opened Jamaica Popeye’s location revealed a busy
mid-day crowd that was most likely just as tough to please as the
customers Copeland encountered 30-years-ago.
But tough-to-please
lunch crowds are what gave Copeland the idea to experiment with the
Cajun recipes he had enjoyed all his life and come up with a menu that
is served up at over 1000 Popeye’s locations today.
Popeye’s cooks up a
wide variety of fried chicken dishes served New Orleans Spicy or
Louisiana Mild.
The chicken meals come
in 2-, 3- or 4-piece sizes and served as dinners, platters or combos.
Family sized combos are available in 8-,12-, or 16-piece sizes.
Among the spicy side orders available with to chose from
are crispy Cajun battered fries, specially seasoned Cajun rice, red
beans and rice, mashed potatoes with Cajun gravy, cole slaw and corn
on the cob.
Other Southern-style
dishes among Popeye’s “Louisiana Legends” are the Chicken &
Sausage Jambalaya which is served over rice over rice, the Creole
Chicken Etouffée which is chicken and vegetables cooked in a tomato
sauce and served over rice, Smothered Chicken with heaps of chicken
mixed with vegetables and gravy over rice.
So if you looking for
the taste of New Orleans but only have a short lunch break give
Popeye’s a try and let the good times roll.
–Stephen McGuire
