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Popeyes, good but not the same

I think that you should complain, especially since you have had the real thing. That stuff should be as good as any Popeyes in the south. If the employees in your local restaurant are not doing their job it reflects on the rest of the chain.

BTW, the next time you go back, be sure and tell them that its dirty rice (or rice dressing), not Cajun rice.

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For any franchise restaurant chain that grows too fast, keeping the quality consistent is very difficult. (One thing McDonald's and Starbucks does right is their consistent quality.)
I would advise their home office but approach it a different way. Ask them why there is such a difference in the quality between locations.

I personally choose red beans and rice over the cajun rice/dirty rice due to the moisture variations with drier rice dishes, it is much harder to control the quality of the drier items and the staff will easily get it wrong if not acquainted with the real deal and how it is supposed to be prepared. CT staff likely never get sent to Louisiana or Texas to see how this regional food is supposed to taste.

Of course they are not the only chain with issues. Calling Taco Bell items "Mexican" cuisine is a similar situation, very few people from Mexico or the Southwest states would say TB is even close to a representation of real Mexican food.

And Popeyes calls it "cajun rice" on their menu boards, BTW.

Oh believe me, having lived in CA, NM, AZ, TX... Yeah, I know real Mexican, had many friends and GFs from there, too. There is this place in Tucson that does the pot of meat and veggies in a burrito that is to die for, served with escabesh!

And then there is Subway. Back in its first days, here in CT, where they are based IIRC (or at least used to be) more of the sandwiches had names of subway trains. And the topings where CT centric. But the bread, well, that was always ok, but not the best, Nardelli's is the best local chain. By far the best. I am not sure, but I think they use Melitis bread.

Another LA/TX authentic chain is Schlottsky's, close to the real thing, good bread, unlike anyone else's. Muffalettas. (spelling here.)
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I 'gree with you signmeuptoo. they don't live up to their online hype much like 5 guys was an equal disappointment.

most likely they were cutting corners. no better than churches IMHO.

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I agree with PrntRhd and suggest the red beans and rice. I too have had the dirty rice at Popeye's and it's pretty bad. Love the red beans and rice though. That said you probably have way more experience in Popeye's than I do since there isn't one anywhere near me and you used to eat there all the time. I haven't had Popeye's in many years.

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The dirty/cajun rice at my local Popeyes had NO flavor. At all.
And their biscuits weren't as good as they used to be (too dry), they must've changed the recipe.
Didn't Popeyes used to make their biscuits on site?

They do, I've seen them before when I uset to buy chicken there for lunch.

The important thing is that the biscuits are put directly into the box with the chicken.

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Popeye’s is one place I always wanted to go, and finally did a few months ago. We have no Popeye’s in Buffalo, there are two in the Rochester area, one is in the shopping district of a really nice upper class suburb, and the other is the ghetto of the city. Needless to say I didn’t feel like getting shot, stabbed or mugged, so I stopped in to the one in the suburbs. I have to say I love it! The chicken is so much better then KFC. And nice and crispy, which I like. The mild is nice, but the hot is even better. And the biscuits, oh my god those are the best fuckin biscuits I have ever had! The fries are alright, could be better, but not those potato wedge things KFC has, which is a good thing.

I’ve been back 5 or 6 times now. Once I didn’t get anything since their credit card terminals were down, once I got two free extra pieces of chicken and an extra free biscuit due to having to wait so long fo the order to be ready. I’ve only had the chicken, both actual pieces and strips. The other stuff on the menu does nothing for me. I cannot comment on the rice, I won't touch the stuff since 1) to me rice has no taste and 2) I don’t feel like eating something that looks like maggots.
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The Popeyes here is ok. Chicken seems kinds small compared to Lee's(my favorite). The red beans and rice is good and the biscuits are ok also. Their prices seems to be lower than Lee's or KFC(which just doesn't taste right).

Lee's here has the best biscuits by far and the best tasting chicken of the chain stores. There are some hole in the wall joints that have good food/chicken also.

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We had 2 Popeye's here a few years ago & they closed. Now we got another one that just opened & this one is NOWHERE as good as the original stores. Bummer.
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You should have bought more at the old one, maybe with more business they'd have stayed in business.

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Up here in Canada, popeyes is suppsesedely known for their hallall chicken. there are some that are hallal and some arent, but the ones that arent are beign boycotted by the muslim community, but there is nothing in the agreement with poppeyes canada and the franchizee telling them they need to buy hallal chickens so they get their chicken from other farms, if i was them i would do what ever i want too its their business after all.
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i worked at Popeye's back in high school, and alot of the stuff was made fresh. the biscuits were the absolute best, made from scratch. they come to the restaurant precut and frozen now. I can only imagine the cajun rice is made different now too. Not sure how it's made now, but it tastes alot different now.
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OT:
So will Applebees... even if it is a franchise owed location [they burned the food- was carside to go and it was missing something].. called the place up.. said they would send a coupon [...They blew it off].

A few weeks later... called up Applebees main office- took my information and a day or so later the manager of that location called my house- a few days later a couple coupons arrived.
It was just that location, as I have went to other locations w/o any problems..

On topic:
I wish they didn't close the Popeyes that used to be near my house... unfortuanately.