Golden Skillet is a fast-food chain selling fried chicken that began in Richmond, Virginia. Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly Fried chicken (also referred to as Southern Fried chicken) is chicken which is dipped in a Breading mixture and then deep fried, pan This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first Golden Skillet chicken was sold in 1964 at the downtown Richmond department store Thalhimer's. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Thalhimer's was a Department store in the Southern United States. It was the recipe of Clifton W. Guthrie, who first served the recipe at a Richmond Planning Commission meeting. Thalhimer executive Newman Hamblet was there, and decided to add it to the menu at the downtown store's Richmond Room. It was first called Chicken and Spice and Virginia Fried Chicken. Thalhimers was featured in Women's Wear Daily when they turned a railroad dock at their Westmoreland store into a location, and it became a top profit generator for the store. Its official name was Thalhimers Golden Skillet Chicken, and the slogan was that it was "Tender as Quail! Tasty as Pheasant!". Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized Birds in the Pheasant family Phasianidae, or in the family Odontophoridae. Pheasants are a group of large Birds in the order Galliformes. While the recipe was not published, it was cooked in special pressure cookers and the process involved soaking the chicken in salt water [1]. The first freestanding location opened in 1968 at 5811 West Broad Street in Richmond; the design included a yellow roof and giant pan-shaped sign.
By 1981, the chain had grown to over 221 restaurants and was international; advertising featured country artist and Virginia native Roy Clark. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Roy Linwood Clark (born 15 April 1933, Meherrin Virginia, United States is a versatile and well-known Country music Musician Guthrie died in 1981, and the family sold to International Dairy Queen. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Dairy Queen, often abbreviated to DQ, is a international chain of Ice cream and Fast food restaurants Its first location was founded in Dairy Queen sold the chain to franchisee David Shields of North Carolina. Most of the franchised locations have closed. Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's Philosophy of business. Along the roadside, evidence of the chain still remains, as the giant pan-shaped signs remain even after locations gain new tenants. Today some original locations are still operating, including a Guthrie family owned location in south Richmond at 3206 Jefferson Davis Highway[2]. Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the
References
Hubbard, Valerie. "Golden Skillet: Virginia's Answer to Colonel Saunders", Virginia Living magazine, 2003-8, pp. 104-107.
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