Growing up in Kentucky, we always heard of Chicken Delight, but never had it at our fingertips. Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann mentions it on her lp, And That's The Truth. There was still a Chicken Delight on Hollywood BLVD, here in Hollywood, (it may still be there,) a few years back. VERY WIERD PLACE!!! Now there's a freaky little restaurant with a recycled Chicken Delight sign. I guess it costs less to buy a used sign and replace or rearrange the letters a little. This place is called Kitchen Delight.

Reading down the list of alphabetical foods and came across Chicken Delight. I knew it was familiar but not sure why. I grew up in Long Beach, CA. We must have ordered from Chicken Delight.

Best chicken and ribs of my childhood. When dad ordered he would say --don't forget the honey--Honey. :)

I grew up in Anaheim California in the 1960's and I clearly remember the Chicken Delight commercials and jingle. My Aunt in Long Beach and my Grandma in Lakewood would often order Chicken Delight when my family came over to visit. Good times.

Chicken Delight was owned by the same people as Pizza Man. Their slogan was "Don't cook tonight.....call Chicken Delight!"

I remember the Chicken Delight in South Gate. The delivery person wore a chicken outfit. I loved that Chicken.

We had the chicken delight in Goleta, remember the thick paper plates, they would flip one over and staple them together to seal, looked like a fat flying saucer, thought about this today, as the jingle came out of nowhere and into my thoughts...

Back in the early 60's I work for a Chicken Delight store on Queens Blvd,in Forest Hills,the owners were a great husband and wife couple Sal & Lana.Thanks for the great memories,great food ,great people.

In the mid 60's every Saturday night was Don't cook tonight call Chicken Delight night. My dad would place the order and I would sit at the kitchen table with money in hand and when the bell rang, I'd run to the door and gave the driver the money.I'd take the food and open mine up and started eating. My mom would get mad and would say, young ladies do not behave that way,that was the last time I was allowed to answer the door. I was living in Long Beach Calif at the time and when we moved back to Mass, I was disappointed. I'm in my mid 50's and to this day, I still remember Saturday night as being special.These so called chicken places that around now can not hold a candle to Chicken Delight.

I lived in Long Beach N.Y. and had chicken delight there too. I really miss that chicken. Do they still make it any where?

Chicken Delight is still alive. The location in Rahway, NJ still puts out the food you remember. Don't Cook Tonight, Call Chicken Delight...WE DELIVER!

I grew up in Lansing, Michigan, and my parents sometimes ordered Chicken Delight. It was always a treat, the way the Colonel would become a decade later, except CD delivered. Chicken Delight was referenced in Harvard Lampoon's satirical novel "Bored of the Rings."

I'm from the bronx, the Chicken Delight my parents patronize was on Crotona Park and 174th right above the Cross Bronx Expressway. Early 60ties,it was great chicken, I live in Denver Colorado now, they never heard of Chicken Delight. In my neighborhood that was the chicken to buy, their were no KFC among other brands

Help me. I remember I chicken delivery service with a chicken perched a top the delivery vehicle leaving from Preakness shopping center, Wayne, nj. Can't find picture of it. I think it was Chicken Delight. Am I alone on this?

There is still a chicken delight in westbury ny. Just 30 min from Long Beach. Love that place. Hasn’t changed since I was little. Don’t cook tonight.

Our Chicken Delight in Littleton sold pizza also. they closed before 1970

I delivered for the Chicken Delight store on East Colfax in Denver. We drove a company Dodge Dart with the chicken on the roof. The very best coleslaw!

I cooked and delivered for Chicken Delight in Milwaukee, Wis., back in 1964,65. Great chicken, ribs and a pretty good pizza. We drove a fleet of VW beetles for deliveries. I don't know why they fell by the wayside, they had a really good product. I used to go in on a Sat. morning and cut up 3 cases of frying chickens to get us through the weekend.

Here's the story on the original Chicken Delight. Founded in 1952, suburban Chicago. At peak (1966) around 1,100 take-out stores were open in about 25 states. Nearly all were franchised. Toward 1969, franchisees wanted change (in how chicken was prepared, quality control issues, etc.) as McDonald's and KFC began dominating the market. Disgruntled Chicken Delight franchisees filed a class action (anti-trust) lawsuit against the corporation, and won. Result, by 1972, was breakup of the chain. Stores began closing early as 1968, and many became KFCs.

One more note. Years after the Chicken Delight breakup, a 1977 episode of "Welcome Back, Kotter" parodied the chicken restaurant industry. As he and wife Julie await arrival of twin babies, Gabe Kotter takes a job at fictional Chicken Delicious to earn extra money. The surly manager makes Kotter wear a chicken suit and do song-and-dance for customers. Woodman and the Sweat Hogs humiliate him. After taking enough abuse from his boss, Kotter quits, placing the chicken head on him.

YouTube has a short video titled :CHICKEN DELIGHT RADIO SPOT 1963." It contains images of old menus from Daly City and San Francisco, plus a brochure for potential franchisees. Rock Island, IL was the original city. Chicken Delight had stores in several Canadian cities as well, and some survived into the 1980s as a newly formed chain.

I have a 1960's ashtray from one of their Queens NY locations

eBay has a bunch of vintage Chicken Delight collectibles. Including, a post card from around 1960 (cars pictured identify) from a Chicago store. Location was 6424 W. Belmont, area near Narragansett St. Cars have chicken figures on top, promoting fast delivery. Also, a plastic chicken coin bank (around 1962). Another is a 1962 promotional record (for radio use, perhaps).

I don't even remember the chicken. They had the best blueberry muffins ever. So Cal, mid sixties

Chicken Delight in Brooklyn, I remember riding our banana seat 3-speed bikes to Gershwin High School in Brooklyn. We would stop by Chicken Delight for a brown bag full of fries. We would add salt, pepper, and ketchup, shake, shake, shake nothing but goodness and sticky fingers!

I worked at a Chicken Delight in Ottawa, Canada in the late 1960s while going to university. The franchise owner, Dieter, the fulltime cook, and the delivery driver were all lovely men. I loved that job. I ate fried chicken every workday. It was the best!

WOW.. I can't believe that I just found this and I see a comment from Fran that was just left yesterday coincidently. Blew my mind since it was just left and no one really leaves comments here as we can see above. Anyway, that Chicken Delight that FRAN is referring to was my brothers place. It was next door to Slims Liquors on Linden Blvd & Van Siclen ave. WOWWWW I was like 13 yrs old & I used to work there with my brother then he opened another in Brighton Beach Bklyn & then another in Sheepshead bay Bklyn. What memories. :)

My parents owned the first chicken delight franchise on Staten Island 1965. Was a great business. Someone mentioned Linden Blvd Brooklyn I use to know Mike Warman the owner of that location in the seventies. I am always looking for chicken delight memorabilia.

There was a Chicken Delight near my home on the upper east side of Manhattan, when I was a kid. What remember the most about the chicken was how it wasnt at all greasy. Unfortunately most shut down over having to pay the parent company, what they saw as too much for their ingredients.

My first job was as a "Chicken driver" in Montebello, CA. '65 to 67.. We drove '62 Ramblers when I first worked there - those things were tough as can be, and later on. two new owners bought new white VW s for delivery cars Working at CD was sort of a culture unto itself and I still have contact with some of my fellow employees. We had cool red nylon jackets with CD patches on them just like Top Gun The manager Ivah Biddle was nice as can be.

Still exists in Manitoba