Chicken and Guns
- Portland
- Gales Creek
Chicken and Guns is a restaurant with two locations in the U.S. state of Oregon. The restaurant operates a food cart in Portland, and the brick and mortar Smokehouse Chicken and Guns opened in Gales Creek in 2023.
Description
Chicken and Guns is a food cart at Cartopia, located in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.[1] The business specializes in grilled chicken with Latin spices.[2] The "guns" are baked then fried potatoes, rubbed with lemon and oil and drizzled with aji sauce.[3][4]
History
The restaurant group Title Bout partnered with Chicken and Guns in 2017, and planned to open five locations over five years.[5] The restaurant used approximately 750 whole chickens per week, as of 2017.[1]
In 2017, Chicken and Guns was featured on the fifth season of the food reality television series Man v. Food.[citation needed] American chef Andrew Zimmern visited for an episode of the Travel Channel series The Zimmern List.[6]
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.[7][8][9][10]
The brick and mortar restaurant Smokehouse Chicken and Guns opened with an expanded menu in Gales Creek in 2023.[11]
Reception
Chicken and Guns was named a food cart of the year by Willamette Week in 2016.[12] The business also ranked among Portland's top 40 food carts, based on Yelp review data, in 2016.[13] Pete Cottell included Chicken and Guns in Thrillist's 2018 list of the city's "most delicious" food carts.[14]
Krista Garcia included Chicken and Guns in Eater Portland's 2021 list of ten chicken-and-jojo "champs" in the city, writing, "With wood-fired whole birds and dips like chimichurri and habanero carrot sauce, this Hawthorne food cart doesn’t exactly do traditional chicken and jojos. But the 'guns' in question, crispy potatoes, seasoned with lemon and sea salt, and served with pickled onions and creamy Peruvian aji sauce, are a welcome alternative to the usual."[15]
See also
References
- ^ a b Korfhage, Matthew (2017-11-09). "Chicken and Guns Smokes Riotously Good Latin-Style Thighs and Wings—Made With Birds the Owners Farmed Themselves". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Colby, Terri (2017-03-07). "Portland's robust food cart scene a treat for the taste buds". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Clarke, Kelly (2016-01-15). "The Spud Bracket". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Best Portland Restaurants for Rotisserie". 1859. 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Bamman, Mattie John (2017-03-23). "Bunk Co-Founder Matt Brown Launches the Title Bout Restaurant Group". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Portland, Oregon". Travel Channel. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Russell, Michael (2018-08-10). "Food cart co-owner on leave after clash with customer". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Herzog, Katie (2018-08-02). "Portland Food Cart Co-Owner on Leave After Allegations of Racism Lead to Social Media Blowup". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-07-31). "Amid Controversy, Chicken & Guns Puts Co-Owner Dustin Knox on Leave". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2018-08-01). "Victim Of Alleged Racist 911 Incident at PDX Food Cart Shares His Story". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Chicken and Guns Opens Its First Brick-and-Mortar Restaurant in a Tiny Mountain Town". Willamette Week. 2023-07-31. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ Cizmar, Martin (2016-03-22). "Co-Cart of the Year 2016: Chicken and Guns". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Bell, Jon (August 15, 2016). "From burgers to kabobs: Portland's top 40 food carts". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ Cottell, Pete (2018-09-12). "Portland's Most Delicious Food Carts and Where to Find Them". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Garcia, Krista (2021-02-16). "10 Chicken-and-Jojo Champs in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
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