Boston Fried Chicken: Brockton Grand Opening

Boston Fried Chicken & Burritos had their grand opening in Brockton recently.

No expense was spared. BFC is expanding from their successful effort in Dorchester. They are a Halal restaurant, which means that they adhere to some Islamic/kosher thing about how the chickens are slaughtered. It's in the Koran, so Allah himself has passed down this recipe, presumably through Mohammed. If you have Kareem Abdul-Jabbar over, you can take him to BFC with good conscience.

I'm not sure if Colonel Sanders prepares his chicken according to the teachings of Islam, even accidentally. The Colonel most likely resents BFC biting his style. The Boston Fried Chicken name is basically like opening a hamburger joint and calling it "McDaniel's." I would have capitalized on the Koran stuff and named it "Chicken Jihad" or something.

We stumbled on BFC while in the City Of Champions taking pictures for some other insipid article. We had actually just eaten breakfast in Bridgewater, it was 9 AM and none of us were hungry. However, one of the first things they teach you in journalism school is to never pass up chicken prepared in accordance to Islamic culinary law. I went in with the kid, Mom stayed in the car.

While we were familiarizing ourselves with the menu, there was some street person in there trying to get some chicken fronted. "I'll go home and get the money after," he said. The manager declined that proposition.

BFC seems to be an urban phenomenon, as the need for Islamic culinary law in places like Cohasset and Chatham isn't enough to lure in the franchise.

They aren't upfront about the Halal angle, so BFC basically looks like a B- Kentucky Fried Chicken... with burritos. Both KFC and Taco Bell were losers in the fast food game until they joined forces. Now, the KFC/Taco Bell conglomerate has a larger market share than BK or Wendy's.

BFC answers lightweight liberal complaints about feeding oil fried chicken to kids in a nation with Obesity issues by offering fruit. You have to make a conscious decision to fatten yourself. Either that, or the fruit is decorative.

Our chicken was juicy and tasty, although it looks here like Dino Flintstone having a Triceratops from the rear.

Colonel Sanders is just down the road, watching carefully.