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A location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken is under development at 3024 W. Tilghman St. Suite 18 in South Whitehall Township.<\/p>\n
A target opening date has not yet been announced, and a Love & Honey Fried Chicken representative did not return messages seeking more information.<\/p>\n
Love & Honey Fried Chicken, which has a tagline of \u201clots of love, little bit of honey,\u201d was established in 2017 and has grown to include around a half dozen locations in Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island, with several more in the pipeline, according to the business\u2019 website.<\/p>\n
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Other regional locations operate in Newtown\u00a0Township, Bucks County; Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County; and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Love & Honey Fried Chicken, which has a tagline of \u201clots of love, little bit of honey,\u201d serves buttermilk fried chicken tenders \u201cin their natural state, never pounded or altered to look larger,\u201d according to a menu description.<\/p>\n
The chicken is vegetarian-fed and raised with no antibiotics.<\/p>\n
Customers also can enjoy sandwiches, including an OG Fried Chicken (with ranch slaw, sweet pickles and ranch on a butter-toasted brioche bun) and Nashville Fried Chicken (dredged in hot chili oil, with ranch slaw, sweet pickles and ranch on a butter-toasted brioche bun), along with \u201cmore chicken\u201d options such as buttermilk fried chicken wings (three-, six- or 12-piece), drumsticks and thighs (lightly drizzled with honey) by the piece and a family meal (double orders of tenders, with your choice of three drumsticks and three thighs, or six wings; includes five house-made sauces, four cornbread muffins with honey butter and a large order of tater tots).<\/p>\n
Other menu highlights include sides such as pimento cheese dip, Southern-style potato salad and bread and butter pickles; and desserts such as banana pudding cups and Oreo-chocolate chip cookies.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGreat food should be simple, joyful, and full of flavor \u2014 and it should feel like home,\u201d reads a message on the business\u2019 website.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Love & Honey Fried Chicken, we hand-dredge our buttermilk fried chicken and fry it in small batches for freshness, pairing it with scratch-made sauces and desserts that truly hit the spot. With the warmth of true hospitality and attention to every detail, every meal is crafted with LOTS OF LOVE, LITTLE BIT OF HONEY.\u201d<\/p>\n
Love & Honey Fried Chicken was co-founded by Todd and Laura Lyons, entrepreneurs who believed as a team, they \u201ccould and would build something that would have an extraordinary impact,\u201d according to an online account.<\/p>\n
The couple has extensive restaurant and hospitality experience dating back to their teenage years, with Todd having washed dishes at a country club beginning at age 14 and Laura having worked\u00a0the retail counter at a neighborhood restaurant beginning at age 17.<\/p>\n
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Love & Honey Fried Chicken Owners Todd & Laura Lyons outside of the original Northern Liberties, Philadelphia location.<\/p>\n
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They both received formal culinary training at the Culinary Institute of America, and after school, Laura worked as a chef for many years before finding her calling in brand building and culinary marketing, according to the online account. She later returned to the Culinary Institute of America as its national director of Food Enthusiast Programs.<\/p>\n
Todd climbed the ranks as a chef for Aramark Corporation at Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Stadium before landing a prominent role as a senior research and development chef at Campbell Soup Company.<\/p>\n
In 2015, the Lyonses began working to open what would become Love & Honey Fried Chicken.<\/p>\n
The couple was brainstorming potential concepts, and they eventually decided on fried chicken after it was suggested by friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more we thought about it, we realized that at the time, the southern-style fried chicken market for something more than fast-food was pretty bare,\u201d the online account continues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if we brought the skills and techniques of professional chefs to comfort food like fried chicken? It clicked. Our friends were right.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2026, Love & Honey Fried Chicken\u2019s footprint is continuing to grow with new or coming-soon locations in Philadelphia; Brooklyn, New York; Alexandria, Virginia; and Princeton, New Jersey, according to the business\u2019 franchising page.<\/p>\n
More than 30 other franchises have been awarded for other parts of the country, including three in the Lehigh Valley and other regional areas such as Doylestown and Bristol, Bucks County; and King of Prussia, Montgomery County.<\/p>\n
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A location of Love & Honey Fried Chicken is under development at 3024 W. Tilghman St. Suite 18 in South Whitehall Township.\u00a0The restaurant will occupy a soon-to-be-renovated spot between My Salon Suite and Palm Beach Tan in the Village West shopping center.<\/p>\n
The company is also \u201cactively recruiting\u201d in Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts and Florida.<\/p>\n
In South Whitehall\u2019s Village West, the new Love & Honey Fried Chicken eatery will join a diverse tenant mix that includes other food and dining spots such as Panera Bread, Shah\u2019s Halal Food, Ninja Ramen, LV Korean BBQ & Hot Pot and Sumo Japanese Fusion Restaurant.<\/p>\n