restaurant chain serving fried chicken . the company is headquartered in richardson texas . the first restaurant was in 1967 1 in san marcos texas under the name golden fried chicken . franchising started in 1972 . 1 a decade later the franchise grew to a number of restaurants primarily in central texas with a focus on cities like austin and san antonio . eventually it expanded outside to the dallas fort worth metroplex and then crossed the state line into oklahoma . there are currently 116 stores operating in texas oklahoma and south carolina and coming soon when to florida with its first panhandle location in panama city and plans for international development . since 1985 the chain s flagship menu item has been its chicken strips trademarked as golden tenders . in 1996 golden fried chicken abbreviated into its present name golden chick . see also edit list of fast food chicken restaurants references edit a b golden chick golden fried chicken franchise information . franchising.com . franchise update media group . retrieved 2007 12 02 . external links edit golden chick v t e chicken based restaurant chains global chester s chicken cottage church s texas chicken dixy chicken kenny rogers roasters kfc nando s pollo campero popeyes southern fried chicken wienerwald regional africa chicken licken za chicken republic ng tastee fried chicken ng asia al baik sa al tazaj sa bacolod chicken inasal ph bonchon chicken kr california fried chicken id the chicken rice shop my dicos cn home original chicken cn jollibee ph klg tw kyochon kr marrybrown my max s of manila ph mang inasal ph pelicana chicken kr scr my tkk fried chicken tw europe chicken cottage uk dixy chicken uk morley s uk sam s chicken uk southern fried chicken uk north america boston market bojangles us brown s chicken & pasta us buffalo wild wings buffalo wings & rings bush s chicken us chefette bb chick fil a us chicken express us chicken out rotisserie chicken salad chick us cluck u us dixie lee ca el pollo loco us foosackly s us golden chick us golden skillet us guthrie s harold s chicken shack juan pollo us kyochon lee s famous louisiana fried chicken mary brown s ca mrs. winner s pioneer chicken pollo palenque pollo tropical us quaker steak & lube raising cane s us ranch1 roscoe s royal castle tt roy rogers us scores st hubert ca smithfield s us swiss chalet ca tip top wild wing wingstop wingstreet pdq us wing zone us zankou chicken us zaxby s us oceania chicken treat au chooks fresh & tasty au henny penny au kingsley s chicken au oporto au red rooster au south and central america pollos frisby co rostipollos cr list of chicken restaurants retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golden chick & oldid 743419311 categories fast food poultry restaurantsfast food chains of the united statesfast food franchisesrestaurants in texasregional restaurant chains in the united statescompanies based in dallasrestaurants established in 19671967 establishments in texashidden categories vague or ambiguous time from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view