OT: CBJ Lounge XXI (All Non-Sports, Non-Political Talk Here)

[Double-Shift Lasse]

So, it was YOU (and about 50 other people) driving down our rural Delaware Co. road last night.
We had more traffic between 10pm and midnight last night than is typically expected over an entire day. What a view, though! Hoping for more tonight. The Northern Lights were on my bucket list, and we didn’t see them in Finland when we went for the Global Series. Now, that is checked off the list.

Our rural DelCo road was never busier than the day of the eclipse.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/hot-chicken-takeover-sold-to-new-restaurant-group-to-rebrand-central-ohio-locations/

Hot Chicken Takeover, the central Ohio chain with a cult-like following, will revamp its locations and receive new branding after being sold to the restaurant group owned by the former CEO of Jimmy John’s.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Yeah the acquiring company already holds a hot chicken brand so who knows what happens.

HCT hasn’t been specifically local since founder Joe DeLoss sold it in 2021.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/hot-chicken-takeover-sold-to-new-restaurant-group-to-rebrand-central-ohio-locations/

Hot Chicken Takeover, the central Ohio chain with a cult-like following, will revamp its locations and receive new branding after being sold to the restaurant group owned by the former CEO of Jimmy John’s.

I mean they haven't been the same since they were sold a few years ago but this sucks it is effectively the death of Hot Chicken in Columbus. I liked having a uniquely Columbus take on it. Now we'll be filled with ripoff chain restaurants trying to replicate Nashville hot chicken on a mass produced scale.

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/hot-chicken-takeover-sold-to-new-restaurant-group-to-rebrand-central-ohio-locations/

Hot Chicken Takeover, the central Ohio chain with a cult-like following, will revamp its locations and receive new branding after being sold to the restaurant group owned by the former CEO of Jimmy John’s.

That’s so sad