Chicken and Guns facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chicken and Guns |
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Chicken and Guns at Cartopia, 2022
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| City | Portland |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°30′45″N 122°39′12″W / 45.5124°N 122.6533°W |
Chicken and Guns is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Chicken and Guns is a food cart at Cartopia, located in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. The business specializes in grilled chicken with Latin spices. The "guns" are baked then fried potatoes, rubbed with lemon and oil and drizzled with aji sauce.
History
The restaurant group Title Bout partnered with Chicken and Guns in 2017, and planned to open five locations over five years. The restaurant used approximately 750 whole chickens per week, as of 2017.
In 2017, Chicken and Guns was featured on the fifth season of the food reality television series Man v. Food.
In 2018, co-owner Dustin Knox was placed on leave after asking an African-American patron to leave for "loitering", leading to the restaurant being accused of racism and receiving numerous negative reviews.
