Tuesday, February 20, 2024

KFC lost its stripes (and it's NOT closing)

Above photo yesterday by William Klayer 

A fair number of people pointed out the paint job in progress on the SW corner of 14th Street and Second Avenue, home to KFC.
The red-and-white stripes on the Second Avenue side were painted over to make way for an ad for — per KFC insiders — the return of the brand's Chizza. ("The all-chicken, no crust Chizza consists of two zinger fillets of crispy chicken, topped with delectable pizza sauce, molten cheese, a smattering of onions and mixed peppers, finished with an herb sprinkle.") 

Anyway, scenes of the paint-over prompted some speculation that the place was closing... that is not true.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

How is "chizza" pronounced?

Anonymous said...

One of the z’s is silent

Grieve said...

The first z is silent.

XTC said...

How is "chizza" pronounced?

H-art-uh-tak

Anonymous said...

We could use that off brand KFC there.
Noted, thanks grieve!

Anonymous said...

I remember when KFC was called Kentucky Fried Chicken, they also served dinner rolls before bisquits. And this corner had an OTB before KFC.

DrGecko said...

Rhymes with 'jizza'. Don't ask about the molten cheese.

Anonymous said...

KFC pivoting from the name Kentucky Fried Chicken reminds me of MTV pivoting from Music TeleVision. Just a passive confession from a company that they no longer care about their original product.

Grieve said...

The KFC moniker was officially adopted in 1991.