{"id":158111,"date":"2026-01-31T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158111\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:55:15","slug":"knotts-berry-farm-to-open-new-chicken-and-boysenberry-restaurant-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158111\/","title":{"rendered":"Knott\u2019s Berry Farm to open new chicken and boysenberry restaurant \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Knott\u2019s Berry Farm restaurant run by a mischievous coyote will serve a twist on two fan-favorite foods that made the Buena Park theme park famous: fried chicken and boysenberry pie.<\/p>\n

The new Crafty\u2019s Kitchen self-service restaurant will open this summer as a replacement for the departing Johnny Rockets burger stand in the Charleston Circle area of Knott\u2019s Berry Farm.<\/p>\n

Johnny Rockets will close on April 15 after the annual Knott\u2019s Boysenberry Festival<\/a> to make way for construction of the new Crafty\u2019s Kitchen.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Berry Farm 2026: All the seasonal events, food festivals and holiday parties<\/a><\/p>\n

The Crafty\u2019s Kitchen menu will offer twists on a pair of Knott\u2019s classics by serving fried chicken tenders and boysenberry pie shakes.<\/p>\n

The Crafty\u2019s Kitchen menu will also include crispy wings, chicken and biscuits, fresh-cut fries, loaded fries and homemade pickles. The entrees will be served with dipping sauces.<\/p>\n

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Concept art of the Knott\u2019s Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair 4-D interactive dark ride at Knott\u2019s Berry Farm. (Courtesy of Knott\u2019s)<\/p>\n

The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote \u2014 the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott\u2019s Bear-y Farm dark ride<\/a> who has given up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door.<\/p>\n

Crafty\u2019s Kitchen will take over the shuttered Knott\u2019s Beary Factory cafeteria with chef\/owner Crafty Coyote developing a menu of quirky culinary concoctions, according to the backstory.<\/p>\n

The walls of the restaurant will be covered with Crafty\u2019s police mug shots, wanted posters and blueprints for his wacky fryer inventions.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Berry Farm closes 9 attractions after busy Christmas season<\/a><\/p>\n

\"JasonJason Ybarra, dressed as Crafty Coyote, takes a selfie with Lali Cervantes, Catherine Madinger, center, and Max Jones after entering Knott\u2019s Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA, on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The park reopened today after being closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n

The thieving Crafty Coyote is known for pilfering pies on the nearby Knott\u2019s Bear-y Farm dark ride and it appears the Knott\u2019s culinary team has borrowed a few menu ideas from Raising Cane\u2019s Chicken Fingers and Portillo\u2019s Cake Shakes for the new restaurant.<\/p>\n

The chicken tenders will be deep fried using Mrs. Knott\u2019s chicken dinner restaurant recipe. The milkshakes will be made with slices of boysenberry pie baked daily in the Knott\u2019s bakery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Knott\u2019s Berry Farm restaurant run by a mischievous coyote will serve a twist on two fan-favorite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,1311,7,8311,611,420],"class_list":["post-158111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-buena-park","tag-california","tag-knotts-berry-farm","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}