brown s chicken & pasta type private industry restaurants headquarters villa park illinois united states website brownschicken.com brown s chicken & pasta also known simply as brown s chicken is a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken . it is based in the chicago metropolitan area . contents 1 history 2 brown s chicken massacre 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the chain traces its origins to 1949 when john and belva brown opened a restaurant in bridgeview illinois . brown s expanded to many locations throughout the united states in the 1970s . in the 1980s pasta was added to the menu and eventually the name of the company . in the 1990s a traditional grill named the chicago way was added to all brown s restaurants . after 2005 the company contracted their locations to exclusively within the chicago metropolitan area . former company president frank portillo is the brother of dick portillo founder and former owner of the portillo restaurant group which was sold to berkshire partners in 2014 . brown s chicken massacre edit main article brown s chicken massacre on january 8 1993 the event that would become infamous as the brown s chicken massacre occurred at a palatine illinois branch . seven people were murdered including both owners and 5 employees all of whom were found bound in the walk in freezer . in 2002 james degorski and juan luna were arrested for the murders . 1 in may 2007 luna was convicted of his part in the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment . 1 on september 28 2009 james degorski was found guilty of the murders . 2 the palatine branch never reopened after the massacre took place although a new brown s had opened less than a mile east of the former brown s three years after the massacre . during the late 1990s numerous businesses tried to use the site but failed and soon went out of business . the site has since been demolished . for years it was an extension of the surrounding parking lot until a chase bank was built on the site in 2009 . 3 the massacre had an adverse effect on the entire brown s chicken chain . sales at all restaurants dropped 35 percent within months of the incident and the company eventually had to close 100 restaurants in the chicago area . 4 see also edit list of fast food chicken restaurants references edit a b stacy st. clair . second brown s chicken murder trial will start in february . daily herald . retrieved 2008 03 20 . guilty verdict in brown s chicken trial pohl kimberley 2009 10 20 . former brown s chicken site to become chase bank . daily herald . retrieved 2009 10 30 . hussain rummana 2009 08 10 . after brown s chicken massacre no one came . chicago sun times . retrieved 2009 08 10 . external links edit corporate website 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 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