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POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN THEN

Alvin Copeland didn’t name his New Orleans-area restaurant after a cartoon character in 1972, but after “The French Connection” protagonist Popeye Doyle. Though its famous biscuits wouldn’t be on the menu until 1983, Popeyes was already on its way to becoming a national chicken institution.