FoodWire: El Pollo Loco Opens Monday, May 18

May 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm

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FoodWire: El Pollo Loco Opens Monday, May 18

Courtesy El Pollo Loco

The first St. Louis location of El Pollo Loco will open Monday, May 18, at 4103 Lemay Ferry Road. From the press release:

Founded in Guasave, Mexico, in 1975, El Pollo Loco, pronounced "L Po-yo Lo-co" and Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken," opened its first U.S. restaurant in 1980 and is famous for the unique preparation of its award-winning "pollo"-- fresh chicken marinated in a special recipe of herbs, spices and citrus juices passed down from the founding family. The marinated chicken is then flame-grilled, hand cut and served hot off the grill with warm tortillas, freshly prepared salsas, and a wide assortment of side dishes.

El Pollo Loco now has 418 restaurants in 14 states. The Lemay Ferry Road location -- the first in Missouri as well as St. Louis -- is the first of six planned for St. Louis County. El Pollo Loco will be open 10 a.m.-midnight Sun.-Thu. and 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Fri.-Sat.