The story
Originally called 'Chicken on the Run,' this struggling restaurant became Popeyes just one day after opening.
Everything that was here
- 1972–1986
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen #1Restaurant
Originally called 'Chicken on the Run,' this struggling restaurant became Popeyes just one day after opening.
See the map in 1973 →
Nearby history
Schwegmann's
2222 St. Claude Avenue · 347 m away
The store that brought self-service groceries to New Orleans.
Homer Plessy Arrest Site
700 Homer Plessy Way · 712 m away
William Frantz Elementary School
3811 North Galvez Street · 1.3 km away
Olympic Club
Royal Street at Montegut Street · 1.4 km away
Corbett knocked out Sullivan here, September 7, 1892.
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
626 Frenchmen Street · 1.4 km away
Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Avenue · 1.6 km away
Coins for the United States and, in 1861, the Confederacy.
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