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Leisher wrote: You can take the Popeye's out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the Popeye's.

First the good: The spicy chicken sandwich, spicy tenders, and the red beans and rice were delicious. So delicious that I would go to Popeye's far, far more often than I do if not for the bad...

Speaking of the bad: It starts immediately while ordering. The board has a sign over the chicken sandwiches saying they're out of stock. However, the first thing the lady says over the intercom is do I want to try one. A bit confusing. So I place my order and then spent the next 10-15 minutes in line playing games on my phone. Apparently the 3 cars ahead of me had massive orders (they didn't). When it was finally my turn Popeye's went out of their way to make me feel like a criminal with their turning, armored window. This is a nice neighborhood, why is this necessary? There's a McDonald's and a Chick-Fil-A within 100 yards each direction and neither have anything like that. Additionally, both are clean and well maintained while the Popeye's had debris all over and a parking lot full of pot holes. Anyway, I pay and the lady finally gives me my food. However, I realize she never gave me my sweet tea. Funny because I didn't even want it, but she said they didn't have unsweetened tea. Not sure if you realize, but up here in the North we typically drink it unsweetened. So I had to sit there and wait until I could finally get her attention through the darkened armored window that's impossible to see through. Thankfully, the speaker that goes with it had a low volume and you could barely understand anything with all the street noise. (I love sarcasm.) I got my sweet tea, which had zero ice and was room temperature. It also was not very good. I gave it to one of my kids who loves sweet tea and even she didn't finish it. Anyway, I went to leave, but the parking lot was blocked by traffic for the drive-thru. So I had to wait another 5 minutes for the drive-thru line to move enough so I could get out. Check this site on Google maps or something. It's a horrifically designed parking lot. It gets worse when the drive-thru line isn't moving because of slow service. I was finally freed from my Popeye's prison, got home, and then noticed they had also forgotten to put my blackened ranch in the bag.

So great food, but horrible experience.

Cakedaddy wrote: You consider Secor and Central a nice neighborhood? Do you let your kids walk around in your current neighborhood after dark? Would you there?