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QUEENS WEEKLY, AUGUST 9, 2020
Mad for Chicken franchise expands to Bayside
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Are you Mad for Chicken?
The popular franchise
has flapped its wings, expanding
to the heart of
Bell Boulevard in Bayside.
Residents are taking notice
as they line up to taste the
Korean-style fried chicken.
The owners, Sean Cho
and Clinton Ho, opened
Mad for Chicken on July
25 at 39-02 Bell Blvd., the
former site of Uno’s Pizzeria
and Grill, which closed
its doors in January after
more than three decades in
Bayside.
Mad for Chicken provides
takeout, delivery and
spacious tented outdoor
dining for 100 patrons in
the parking lot behind the
restaurant.
The company has been
in operation since 2006.
With their first branch
opening in Flushing at
157-20 Northern Blvd., it
proved to be one of the best
fried chicken restaurants
in town. Their famous Korean
double fried organic
chicken instantly became
everyone’s favorite meal on
the menu.
Following the success of
their first restaurant, Cho
decided to open a second
branch in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, which also became
a popular spot.
According to Cho and
Ho, it’s rather difficult
for customers to make a
weekend reservation at
the Flushing restaurant.
In order to provide better
service to customers, they
thought of opening another
location in Bayside.
“We’ve been in Flushing
for the longest time and
a lot of our clientele has
been asking us to open in
that vicinity,” Ho said. “We
wanted to make sure we’re
in a spot that’s an anchor
in the community.”
Mad for Chicken takes
pride in their house specialty,
the Korean-style
fried chicken. With every
bite, customers can enjoy
the satisfying crunchy
taste of this premium
hand-brushed flavor made
from their secret signature
sauce.
Aside from their signature
fried chicken, the
menu is also lined up with
several other food choices
that cater to every person’s
taste buds cravings.
Buffalo wings, soy garlic
chicken, mac and cheese
melt, nachos, salads, kimchi
fries, quesadilla, are
just part of what brings
customers back regularly.
“It’s Korean cuisine and
most people come for the
chicken,” Ho said.
Giving importance to
the health of their customers,
Mad for Chicken has
made it a point to use only
fresh ingredients that contain
little to no GMO at all
— even their free-range
farm-grown chickens are
free from hormones and antibiotics.
This makes their
meals not only sumptuous
but nutritious too.
In August, the company
is planning to open another
restaurant in Sunnyside
with two floors of restaurant
space with outdoor
seating as well.
New York is just the first
stop, as the company is now
eying global expansion as
they aim to open and give
exclusive territory to their
franchisees. The company
is proud to announce that
they are now accepting
franchise partners who are
willing and interested (and
perhaps just a bit mad) to
venture with them as they
bring New York’s finest Korean
fried chicken into key
cities worldwide.
For more information,
visit www.madforchicken.
com or email info@madforchicken.
com.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4526.
The popular franchise Mad for Chicken, at 39-02 Bell Blvd. in Bayside, is open for business.
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