The Chicken Sandwich War

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YankeeVol said:
Supposedly very good. There's one here that I still haven't tried lol
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Little tidbit of restaurant wars I learned today about Guthrie's because of this thread. Guthrie's would be the "original" Zaxby's. The guy that founded Zaxby's left Guthrie's to do so...and took the sauce with him. Read that he never got it exact to taste like Guthrie's, but he developed the franchise far superior to how Guthrie's was run. So, it seems Zaxby's was born from a disgruntled Guthrie's employee/higher up who couldn't get the recipe's quite duplicated, but excelled at expanding the franchise brand.
 
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GVF said:
This was the store on Laurens Rd back then. 1996 era plus and minus. It burned down maybe a few years back. Not sure how long ago. Best i recall is where Haywood dead ends into Lauren's then take a right. Wasn't far down on the right. Actually it was 3 story house. Other names prior was Porches, Saturday Night. The current Zaxby's on Lauren's sits on the same location after the house was razed, from what I can dig up. It was a cool place. One of the early locations outside of GA.
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Gotcha. It’s tough to casually get over that way anymore as bad as it has gotten. Woodruff road is a disaster. There use to be a Hooter’s on that corner and you’re talking about cutting back towards the zoo. That may be where they built the Willy Taco.
 
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Gutheries on the strip was good food with questionable staff. Same concept as Zaxby's, Caine's, etc.

Haven't had Gutheries since that location closed down. I'd stop in one again for sure.

Still wish Sawyers was around. GOAT.
 
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C-south said:
Gotcha. It’s tough to casually get over that way anymore as bad as it has gotten. Woodruff road is a disaster. There use to be a Hooter’s on that corner and you’re talking about cutting back towards the zoo. That may be where they built the Willy Taco.
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I remember that Hooter's, though I never went. Only been to one maybe twice. Felt like a brain dead redneck while in one. And see more at the beach anyway. Expecially South Beach. Quality of food wasn't worth the scenery. Haven't been in Greenville in quite some time. It was fairly congested even then. Haywood was always a disaster south of the mall. I would turn and go north for church into Taylors off 385, then to the mall to see what was on the clearance racks at Macy's, then back accross the border. Woodruff and Laurens has been bad since the 90's. We played church league softball at a field over in Woodruff, maybe a field at the "Y". Always picked up some really nice Hilfiger button downs and other pricey goods by watching a certain clearance rack each week. After the 3rd red pin write in price, I'd get $85 shirts for $15.
 
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DrRosenRosen said:
Gutheries on the strip was good food with questionable staff. Same concept as Zaxby's, Caine's, etc.

Haven't had Gutheries since that location closed down. I'd stop in one again for sure.

Still wish Sawyers was around. GOAT.
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Zaxby's was a Guthrie's clone by an ex employee. Raising Cane's was also conceived by a Guthrie's employee before striking out with a co-founder. Apparently Guthrie's had leadership shortcomings or something.
 
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