El Pollo Loco

I rec’d a Groupon type coupon from our daughter to come to the opening of this El Pollo Loco’s restaurant near ASU. It was a ten dollars off, so I schlepp over from the 101 last evening, and I am very happy I did.
I’ve been a fan of the Crazy Chicken for a long time, but their store locations have always baffled me. But here’s one that’s in a high trafficked retail area. Finally.
I was told by one of the managers that this was the first of many new corporate owned stores here in the Valley. Last year El Pollo went public, so they must be using some of that new investor money to open some highly visible stores. Hear that Chandler? There’s one coming our way to replace the now shuttered one near Chandler Fashion Mall I was told.
I ordered a take-​out of two Chicken Chipotle Burritos for $ 5.69 each, one Chicken Avocado Burrito for $ 5.89 and something they call a Stuffed Chicken Quesadilla for $ 5.89. All were very good, bordering on excellent. Even without a $ 10 Off Coupon, that’s still a good deal.
Here everything was spiffy and they must of had at least six well groomed corporate type mangers making everything go smoothly behind the counter. It’s interior and open flame grilled taste is a welcome change from that former McDonald concept, with the industrial designed Interiors.
But what was really incredible to me was that 8′ by 4′ chicken grill (photo), where they were cooking almost 30 butterflied chickens. Wow. How I love that BBQ grill taste. Last night the food looked and tasted as good as the menu photos. Nice.
Enjoy!

The food here is delicious!
It is reasonably priced and fresh!
The service is wonderful as well!
I would definitely recommend this place!