The Chicken Tender Revolution is HERE
The Chicken Tender Revolution is here!
Don’t believe it?
Remember when you were looked at with a sour face if you ordered chicken tenders or chicken strips at a restaurant? Or the “that’s for kids” isn’t it comments were muttered under their breath.
It didn’t stop me from eating and enjoying them.
Luckily, we are now in a chicken tender renaissance period.
Chicken tenders aren’t a new thing but its popularity is a natural evolution linked to the rise of chicken nuggets in the 1980s.
Their history can be traced to a spot called Spanky’s in Savannah, Georgia. I’ve never been but I do know that they are still open for business.
The future for breaded boneless chicken is bright now that restaurant concepts revolve around them. We don’t need to get that unapproving look any longer since everyone is now in on the secret.
Below is a small list of the chicken tenders, chicken strips, chicken fingers, and boneless chicken bites that I’ve eaten over the last ten years.
Please note that I make no mention of the sauces, and that’s cause they deserve their own separate post.
SPECIALTY CHICKEN JOINTS
Caporal Chicken Breast Crispy Tenders 
Champy’s Chicken Tenders 
Chef Brian Hill’s SUPER DOPE Golden Fried Chicken Tenders 
Chick-fil-A Chicken Tenders 
Guthrie’s Gut Box 
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken Tenders 
Huey Magoo’s Chicken Tenders Meal 
KFC Hot Chicken Tenders 
PDQ Chicken Tenders 
Pollo Campero Camperitos 
Pollo Tropical Pollo Bites 
Popeye’s Chicken Tenders 
Raising Canes The Box Combo 
Zaxby’s Chicken Fingerz
CHAIN RESTAURANTS
MORE GREAT CHICKEN TENDERS
Big Pink Panko Crusted Chicken Tenders 
Boyce General Store’s Chicken Tenders 
Crackers Casual Dining Chicken Tenders 
The Cafe 72’s Samurai Chicken Tenders 
Chefs On The Run Habanero Butter Chicken 
Dyer’s Southern-style Fried Chicken Tenders 
Eats & Treats Chicken Tenders 
Gilbert’s 17th Street Grill Chicken Tenders w/Fries 
Hall’s Original Chicken Tenders 
Latin House Chicken Fried 
Starlite Diner Chicken Tenders
WHERE TO GET ‘EM
| A&W Burgers Chicken Floats 114 Towne Center Dr. Lexington, KY 40511 859-225-0436 |
Big Pink 157 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, Florida 305-531-0888 |
| Boyce General Store 10551 Woodburn Allen Springs Road Alvaton, Kentucky 270-842-1900 |
The Cafe 72 7201 NW 36th Street Miami, Florida 305-593-0585 |
| Caporal Chicken 14616 SW 8th Street Miami, Florida 305-551-2227 | Carolina Ale House 6810 SW 40th Street Miami, Florida 305-666-3757 |
| Champy’s Fried Chicken 526 E ML King Boulevard Chattanooga, Tennessee 423-752-9198 | Chef Brian Hill’s Comfort Kitchen 5701 Sunset Drive Suite 194 South Miami, Florida 305-397-8499 |
| Chefs on the Run 10 E Mowry Drive Homestead, Florida 305-245-0085 | Chick-fil-A 461 N Central Avenue Hapeville, Georgia 404-762-1746 |
| Crackers Casual Dining 78 Canal Street Miami Springs, Florida 786-518-3268 | Dyer’s Burgers 205 Beale Street Memphis, Tennessee 901-527-3937 |
| Eats & Treats 9211 Cypress Lake Drive Fort Myers, Florida 239-481-9227 | Gilbert’s 17th Street Grill 1821 Cordova Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida 954-768-8990 |
| Guthrie’s 1818 W Tennessee Street Tallahassee, Florida 850-224-2244 | Hall’s Original Drive-In 1502 Bluffton Road Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-747-7509 |
| Hattie B’s Hot Chicken 5209 Charlotte Pike Nashville, Tennessee 615-712-7137 | Huey Magoo’s 1268 Beville Road Daytona Beach, Florida 386-238-9232 |
| KFC 720 NW 37th Avenue Miami, Florida 305-642-6169 | Latin House 8695 SW 124th Avenue Miami, Florida 786-953-6331 |
| Metro Diner 3302 Hendricks Avenue Jacksonville, Florida 904-398-3701 | Miller’s Ale House 3271 NW 87th Avenue Doral, Florida 305-629-9442 |
| PDQ 10121 W Flagler Street Miami, Florida 305-257-3032 | Pollo Campero 2800 SW 8th Street Miami, Florida 305-643-4260 |
| Pollo Tropical 581 NW 57th Avenue Miami, Florida 305-265-6101 | Popeye’s 1501 NW 20th Street Miami, Florida 305-325-8286 |
| Publix Supermarkets 5715 NW 7th Street Miami, FL 33126 305-266-1733 | Raising Cane’s 10 E 11th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 614-298-8713 |
| Starlite Diner & Coney Island 1500 Center Road Burton, Michigan 810-742-4955 | Zaxby’s 1107 N Ponce De Leon Boulevard St. Augustine, Florida 904-825-1545 |
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