Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Brothers Fried Chicken in East Dallas shuts down

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DALLAS — Brothers Fried Chicken on Gaston Avenue in East Dallas closed last week, confirms Steve Kazanas, who owned the beloved chicken joint with his brother Jimmy.

"We just shut that down last week," Steve said. "We'd been there for nine years. But we couldn’t make it. Most of our clientele is in the lower income brackets, and with this economy, those are the people who are hit the hardest. Our margins were thin anyway. When you see a 10-15% drop in business, you get so far behind you can't get back."

The brothers sold their North Dallas branch in December of last year. The new owner called it Krispy Fried Chicken and Burgers, and sold a similar style of fried chicken. But last week, the ownership there changed hands again and the place is now called House of Wings.

Meanwhile, the Kazanas are re-organizing their finances.

"We'd like to open another place, but we're not exactly sure what we’re going to do," he said.

Mike Orren contributed to this story.

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Billusa99 Anonymous

Agent99 will be in mourning, and I will now not have to drive over there anymore at a moment's notice.

(I will be somewhat sad, as they had great chicken!)

7 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Teresa Gubbins Staff

in fact, it was billusa who first noted that the North Dallas branch had changed hands

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alexander troup Verified

Brothers chicken down, well Andy you will have to find another job, and I will miss their chicken livers, very tasty, and full of iron, oh well another bird shot down, A.T..Chicken man

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Donna Chen Verified

And I was just in a debate about Babe's fried chicken vs. Brothers' fried chicken over the weekend... wow.

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alexander troup Verified

WE... all got some serious bone picking to do now that brothers has hit the grave...ey until then A.T, FUNERAL DIRECTOR FOR..... BROTHERS.

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Teresa Gubbins Staff

and what was your decree, donna chen? i heart Babe's. i tried to eat at the branch in frisco a couple of saturdays ago - went at 6 p.m. and there was a one-hour-and-20-minute wait. people were willing to wait one hour and 20 minutes to eat there. (i was not.)

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Scott Anonymous

Where will I get my MSG fix now?

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Michael Davis Verified

Oh good grief! First Chips on Cole, now this. My two favorite places are gone.

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Michael Anderson Verified

This truly and utterly sucks!

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Mike Orren Staff

Noooooooooo!

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Travis Bush Verified

So this means we have to go to TGubb's house for fried chicken now?

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Scott Doyle Verified

Pretty sure tGub will give you the address for Babe's. =p

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Teresa Gubbins Staff

you will be waiting a long time to eat before you see fried chicken coming out of my kitchen

i think there's at least a 50-50 chance these guys will resurface at another location. check back hourly with Pegasus News for more updates!

7 months, 3 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )

Billusa99 Anonymous

34 minutes to go....

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Michael Davis Verified

Look at how many people favorited this place on this site. 14-15?

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Pikahsso allen Poe Verified

damn i loves me some chicken as a matter fact im bout to go get me some now what chicken is that on the picture that leads you to this post damn it looks good

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chrisdanger Anonymous

This is a damned tragedy. I was curious why the lights were off last night when I passed by. I used to visit that place every couple of weeks for my fix. Most of my ellum neighbors liked the place as well. Hopefully the Kazanas will relocate down to ellum, as we could use a chicken place in the neighborhood.

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pabloindallas Anonymous

I'll bet that 20% of all restaurants fancier than an Arby's will be closed by the end of 2009.

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Robert Kelly Verified

you may be right. man i sure hate to see this place go. probably good for my cholesteral though

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Donna Chen Verified

Opinions differed. I personally prefer the salty skin at Babe's. But anyway, truly sad news.

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Alegria Anonymous

Sad news indeed. That Brothers fried chicken was "some good business" -- very unfortunate that business wasn't so good. Hope they make a comeback!

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alexander troup Verified

The poor old Brother's in East Dallas, need more chicken livers, will hunt for food, A,T.... Chicken Man.

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kevinh Anonymous

Where will the girl with the pink Lincoln Navigator work now?

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Billusa99 Anonymous

Mary Kay.

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trod Anonymous

i sure would like to find other fried chicken places to explore.

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Teresa Gubbins Staff

hey trod, have you been to Babe's Chicken Dinner House? they have seven branches in the area and are scheduled to open a branch in Cedar Hill in early 2009 and a branch in Arlington. they don't just have excellent fried chicken, they also have awesome side dishes, including a killer creamed corn

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alexander troup Verified

Your still soaking on that chicken, I'm on to another shack.....A/T, Kicken chicken.

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