After one of the most brutal Pete Wells reviews to date, Guy Fieri is attempting an NYC comeback with a new location within his Chicken Shop franchise, Chicken Guy!, in partnership with Planet Hollywood founder and CEO, Robert Earl.
Fieri’s former Times Square establishment, Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, serviced mainly tourists for a five year span before shuttering its doors. However, it’s remembered for its horribly famous New York Times review where Pete Wells begged Fieri if he noticed “that the menu was an unreliable predictor of what actually came to the table,” or if when he tried “that blue drink” he thought it tasted like “some combination of radiator fluid and formaldehyde.”
Hopefully, Chicken Guy! will be his redemption, serving up all-natural chicken tenders brined in lemon juice, buttermilk and pickle brine. The new location has taken over 138 W 42nd Street.
Beyond its classic tenders and sandwiches, the menu ranges from a Mac Daddy Mac ‘n Cheese to the new Chopped Cheese and Chicken Eggrolls, and Hand-Spun Flavortown Shakes.
The sauces, however, are the stars of the show with 11 different flavors to enhance your tenders or chicken sandwich with.
“I’m excited to be bringing Chicken Guy! to Times Square…bright lights, big city, and killer chicken,”said Fieri. “As they say, New York is the city that never sleeps, so don’t sleep on our real deal chicken tenders, sandwiches and sauces!”
The second closest Chicken Guy! location is in Atlantic City. The Times Square store will join other newer shops across the country in cities like Wesley Chapel, Florida and Los Angeles, California.