Does Anyone Remember Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls? in Bryan-College Station Posted July 9, 2012 You are all a bit young to remember the real Tinlsley's chicken N' rolls, which actually started inWaco, Texas in the 50's under the name The Chicken Shack. The ultimate demise was not at allfrom mismanagement, but rather from crass greed of Church's chicken which bought them out forthe express purpose of shutting them down as competition. Ever Tinsleys restaurant that openedin Cleveland, Texas and other small towns just killed Church's, so they figure the only way to stopthem was to buy them out. They claimed they were going to use them as a higher end chickenrestaurant, but soon shut them down. The owners had a non compete for either 20 or 25 years,and the Huntsille location was the first new one to open once the non compete ended. They saidthey were going to reopen one in Bryan and perhaps another place or two, but that was two yearsago and nothing has happened yet--so, trips have to be planned to go through Huntsville now justto get a taste of memory lane.golfguy
Does Anyone Remember Tinsley's Chicken 'n Rolls?
in Bryan-College Station
Posted
You are all a bit young to remember the real Tinlsley's chicken N' rolls, which actually started in
Waco, Texas in the 50's under the name The Chicken Shack. The ultimate demise was not at all
from mismanagement, but rather from crass greed of Church's chicken which bought them out for
the express purpose of shutting them down as competition. Ever Tinsleys restaurant that opened
in Cleveland, Texas and other small towns just killed Church's, so they figure the only way to stop
them was to buy them out. They claimed they were going to use them as a higher end chicken
restaurant, but soon shut them down. The owners had a non compete for either 20 or 25 years,
and the Huntsille location was the first new one to open once the non compete ended. They said
they were going to reopen one in Bryan and perhaps another place or two, but that was two years
ago and nothing has happened yet--so, trips have to be planned to go through Huntsville now just
to get a taste of memory lane.
golfguy