The Magical Quest for the New Popeyes Spicy Chicken Sandwich

So the streets have been talking about this new chicken sandwich. I’m always listening to what the streets are saying, but this talk was troubling. Folks had the “AUDACITY” to say this new sandwich was better than Chick -Fil-A’s version.

I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t convinced, that Popeyes could make a sandwich that could compete with the reigning Chicken Sandwich King. My favorite character Omar from the HBO series, “The Wire” famously said……

Omar was an amazing and very complex character. And if you have never seen “The Wire”, you need to check it out ASAP. I mean finish reading this first and then go watch it lol.

But back to this battle of over chicken sandwiches. I didn’t want to believe it. But the more people talked about it, the more I wanted to see what the hype was all about. So I set out on a quest. I wanted to get one of these highly coveted sandwiches. I drove to the nearest Popeye’s location and it took 15 mins, just to get into the parking lot. The place was packed. Once I made it into the drive-thru line, there were about 15 cars ahead of me. As I got closer to the drive-thru window, I noticed what looked like handwritten signs. The signs were up on trees and on the doors. Once I read them, my heart sank. The signs said, “We’re out of chicken sandwiches as of 6 pm.” I was about an hour and a half late. I drove home and debated if I would try to do this again tomorrow.

I was on the fence until I saw this tweet. That when I knew, I had to go back.

I was now determined to go back and get one of these sandwiches. Well, make that two. Because I couldn’t leave my wife high and dry. So the next day I tried again. I hoped there would be fewer people out during the middle of the day, but I was wrong.

I found a looooooong line of people just trying to get into the parking lot. It took about 10 mins just to go thru the light. But I learned my lesson the day before, instead of trying to go into the parking lot, I parked across the street. I decided going inside would be the best way to get the sandwiches. When I walked in, there were people everywhere. It was chaotic, to put it mildly (see what I did there lol). There were about 25 people in line waiting to order. At this point I said “F*** it”, I’m here now. I might as well see it all the way through.

I then got into line and started playing the waiting game. There were pretty cool people waiting around me. We talked and joked, which made the time go by faster. Soon there were like 60 people in the lobby, who were all waiting for this damn sandwich. I waited 45 mins until I made it to the register. I was so happy that I made it to the promised land. However, before I could even order, the Popeyes employee, (looking like he had just run a marathon and fought three people, on his way to work), told me it was going to be another 30 min wait for the chicken sandwiches. DAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

Whatever, I ordered four and two apple pies. I have to say the 20 min wait to get them after I ordered, was the toughest part of the wait. More and more people were showing up now. As they walked in I could hear them asking, ” Do they still have them.” Eventually, I secured that bag.

It took forever to get out of the parking lot and to get home. I can’t lie, I was tempted to start eating that bad boy in the car, but I waited. Once I walked inside the house tho, it was on. I smaaaaaaaaaaaaashed!!!!!! At first, I thought it’s ok. But then as I kept eating it, it got better and better.

In what seemed like a min, the entire sandwich was gone and I wanted more. When I realized it was gone, I stared at the last crumb left on my plate. I then wondered how could this be? How could Popeyes create something like this? I went into this bias AF. I didn’t want to like this new sandwich. But I couldn’t deny that it was amazing. It was well worth the hour-plus, it took to finally get one. So after trying this, I’m convinced that Popeyes is the new chicken sandwich “KING!”