From its humble origins as a street corner restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon, Zankou Chicken has grown into an iconic Southern California eatery about to open its 13th location. Having opened its first ...

Toum, like hummus, is the Arabic name for the main ingredient and the dip. Zankou Chicken estimates that each year it goes through more than 1 million pounds of toum. Toum has become so popular that ...

In 2003, the son of Zankou Chicken’s founders killed his sister and mother, then himself, casting a tragic pall over the Middle Eastern chicken chain that was rapidly gaining fame beyond L.A. with the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zankou Chicken, the family-owned Mediterranean restaurant long ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A member of the family that created Zankou Chicken is staking his name — ...

Skip the grocery store deli. These popular restaurant chains serve the best rotisserie chicken dinners, according to diners.

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Local chain Zankou Chicken has expanded steadily throughout ...

One of Southern California’s most popular rotisserie chickens has landed in Huntington Beach. Zankou Chicken grand opened two weeks ago and is now serving its menu of golden birds with an addictive ...