Popeyes

I wished they couldn’t have gotten 0 stars. The chicken they have is tonight was very dark brown. It was overcooked. It looked like they had it sitting there and instead of it being thrown out, they retried it. Just terrible!!!

Having experienced Popeye’s for the very first time in Little Rock, AK and loving it! — coming here in Pagedale, MO was the worse mistake I made. Walked in, the two of us ready to place our order, the service was horrible to begin with. The lady up front did not make any eye contact and could see her mouth moving then walked away. We, being deaf, waiting until she looked at us. She rolled her eyes at us and I explained by using gesture that we were deaf and asked for paper and pen. She then warmed up a bit and was helpful briefly then appears to either take a break or finish up her shift. We ordered 12 pieces of mixed chicken with 2 sides. So we waited for our food. Three other customers that came in after us got their food. We were starting to get a bit upset and the manager saw us and told us by using her fingers «2» minutes. NO, it did not take that long. We waited another 5 – 8 minutes and finally got our food. The lady in front was a different person and she had her back towards us. I tried to speak up saying «ma’am» the best I can, I had to say it three times, raising my voice. She turned around with her mouth wide open with a attitude in her steps. I asked for honey and dipping sauce. She started to speak so fast, i told her that I could not understand what she said and asked her to write it down. She really rolled her eyes at us. We started fuming. She gave us 2 packets of honey, 2 dipping sauce containers and then immediately turned her back towards us. LOUSY SERVICES… NOT DEAF FRIENDLY… The food wasn’t cooked very well. We started to smell a sign of smokiness-​burnt food. Turns out the chicken was cooked a bit too long.
I saw a «A» score on their windows. Are you kidding me!!! The place was not clean, sign of smoking smell as you walked in the front door, and everyone was moving slowly and not making great eye contact to the customers. NEVER AGAIN to that place… They are so rude to someone that is deaf and is trying to communicate with them. Forget them…

This Popeye’s is relatively close to my house, so when I want fried chicken that’s not KFC, this is where I go. The chicken tenders & fries are always fresh, hot, and crispy… can’t knock them at all there. If I just rated them on food, they’re a solid 4* spot… but this is an overall review. This place is the most ratchet restaurant I’ve ever been to. If you don’t know what ratchetness entails, please hit urban dictionary for a full explanation. The dining area is always dirty, the clientele is usually sketchy, and the last time I was in here the manager on duty was reading the riot act to some dude who she knew personally… complete with a couple of f-bombs…in front of myself and another customer. Yeah… don’t think I’ll be back…

I had an uncle who got a good half of his meals from this Popeye’s. He of course died relatively young of a stroke. Yet and still, it probably wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to him. He could have eaten a shitload of Church’s. Popeye’s is arguably the best fast food fried chicken restaurant.
Whereas KFC gives you a choice between Original Recipe, with its delicious blend of 11 herbs and spices, and Extra Tasty Crispy, Popeye’s gives you a choice between Regular (I think that’s what it’s called) and Spicy. Regular is probably just the same thing as spicy but with less red pepper. I honestly wouldn’t know. I would never go to Popeye’s and get Regular. Not even for the purposes of this review. It’s so rare that you get anything from a fast food restaurant with even the slightest bit of heat (which is all you get from the Spicy chicken at Popeye’s) that I just can’t pass up the opportunity. The Spicy gives me that same chicken-​flavored acid reflux you get when you eat like $ 20 worth of wings at Hooters. It tastes like… victory.
This particular Popeye’s is located in a part of St. Louis County that most people would rather just drive by, and I suspect that this is why the menu is so accommodating of people of various income levels. Each combo is listed with a price including a drink and a price without a drink, in case you’re saving up to get a bigger place. Like Lee’s Famous Recipe, they’ll sell you a suitcase filled with warmed over thighs and legs for $ 9. A normal person could probably eat off of it for a week. I’m not even sure if I could put it down in the course of an evening. Okay, I could. Like Church’s, they have combos that cost as little as $ 1.99. Crackhead prices, in case you need to pay using money you made collecting aluminum cans, or offering someone a favor in a back alley. (Yes, the chicken really is that good.) In addition to the actual menu, there’s signs in the windows, deals listed on the billboard or whatever you call it, and plastic signs on sticks in the yard out front. They might even have offers written on the bathroom wall. Chicken offers, I mean.
Some of these signs are for various gimmicky menu items other than fried chicken, and you don’t want to order any of that bullshit. One time I did get one of the po boys, and I’m not gonna lie: I’ve never finished a sandwich so quickly. It was delicious. But it’s probably crap compared to a real po boy, from New Orleans. The crawfish, which I figured I’d try for the purposes of this review, are just plain crap, without the need for qualification. I’d never even heard of crawfish deep fried like popcorn chicken until today, and now I know why. That’s probably just not a very good way to eat crawfish. The best way to eat crawfish is at a picnic table filled with rednecks, pulling the heads off to suck out the liquefied brain matter and what have you. Of course these may not have even been actual crawfish. They may have been hermit crabs, like the infamous lobster bites at Long John Silvers a few years ago. I found them to be similarly tasteless. I thought disgusting food you can only buy at Asian farmers markets was supposed to be the best food you can eat. That Andrew Zimmern is full of shit!
Sprinkling a little Cajun Sparkle helped matters some. No, that’s not what Emeril Lagassie calls cocaine. It’s even better. It’s some bizarre condiment at Popeye’s they only give you if you ask for it — probably for liability reasons. I mean, you’re basically sprinkling more salt on fried chicken. It’s probably the most wrong thing you thing you could possibly do to your body, even counting meth. But it tastes so right.
Pro Tip: They give you enough that you can just open a couple of packs and sprinkle it on everything in the box, including the fries and the red beans and rice. I’m at a loss for what wouldn’t be improved by a little Cajun Sparkle.