{"id":83443,"date":"2025-12-10T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/83443\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:07:10","slug":"is-lubbock-reaching-peak-chicken-with-new-franchises-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/83443\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Lubbock Reaching Peak Chicken With New Franchises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"170\">I guess a lot of franchise owners are betting on the fact that Lubbock really, really loves chicken.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"468\">On the surface, that feels a little odd. Lubbock, Texas sounds like it should be a beef-and-tacos kind of town. Brisket. Burgers. Barbacoa. Carne guisada. Then again, tacos don\u2019t eat up all seven days of the week. That leaves plenty of calendar space for chicken \u2014 apparently a whole lot of it.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Is Everywhere in Lubbock<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"1062\">If you want chicken in <a href=\"https:\/\/1033thegoat.com\/ixp\/157\/p\/lubbock-chicken-restaurants\/ht\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock<\/a>, congratulations: you have options. Lots of them. Off the top of your head you can probably rattle off Buffalo Wild Wings, Wingstop, River Smith\u2019s Chicken &amp; Catfish, Bucket of Love Southern Fried Chicken, Kokio Korean Fried Chicken, Dimba\u2019s, Big Chicken, Slim Chickens, Dirk\u2019s, Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken, KFC, Church\u2019s Chicken, Chick-fil-A, and Raising Cane\u2019s. And that\u2019s just the easy list. Most of these brands also come with multiple locations, meaning the actual number of places selling fried chicken is significantly higher.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1163\">At a certain point, you stop asking where to get chicken and start asking which one is closest.<\/p>\n<p>The Rise of the \u201cChicken Strip\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1646\">Now we can add another name to the growing pile: Layne\u2019s Chicken Fingers. The first Lubbock location is expected near 79th and University. While an exact address hasn\u2019t been officially locked down, the working rumor is that it may move into an existing KFC location. If that\u2019s true, it would put Layne\u2019s dangerously close to Slim Chickens and reinforce what feels like a brand-new zoning category \u2014 the \u201cChicken Strip.\u201d Yes, pun fully intended.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1681\">And we\u2019ve seen this movie before.<\/p>\n<p>The Original Chicken Strip<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"2115\">Over on 4th Street just outside of West Loop 289, there\u2019s already a poultry powder keg. Slim Chickens, Raising Cane\u2019s, and Chick-fil-A all sit within easy walking distance of each other. Toss in nearby Whataburger and Wendy\u2019s (both quietly excellent at chicken strips), and you\u2019ve got enough breading to choke a drive-thru lane. You can even grab fried chicken from Walmart if you\u2019re feeling chaotic.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/lubbock-geese-health-warning\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health Alert: Sick Geese Raise Concerns At McAllister Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is It Too Much Chicken?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2374\">Maybe. Or maybe Lubbock simply knows a good thing when it sees it. Chicken is fast, relatively affordable, wildly customizable, and easy to build a franchise around. For now, the oil keeps bubbling and the baskets keep dropping.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2376\" data-end=\"2452\">Whether we\u2019re nearing peak poultry or just getting started \u2014 time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Where to Find Lubbock\u2019s Coziest &amp; Most Comforting Cold-Weather Eats<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n<p>Why Lubbock&#8217;s 34th Street Is A Culinary Trip Around the World<\/p>\n<p>Want to dine around the world without leaving Lubbock? Try 34th Street, which is full of delicious, high-quality options from across the globe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I guess a lot of franchise owners are betting on the fact that Lubbock really, really loves chicken.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,1508],"class_list":{"0":"post-83443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news","11":"tag-sports-buzz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}