Two days after the first St. Louis-area Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken opened to the public, fried chicken fervor has yet to cool. Lines started forming at 10:30 a.m. today, Dec. 10, and by the time doors were unlocked at 11 a.m., the line had rounded the front of the building at 7434 Manchester Road.
As The Scoop reported in April, Gus’s is a Memphis-based franchise that owners Jim and Jane Zimmerman opened in Maplewood. The menu offers starters and chicken in by-the-piece and plate options, which come with baked beans, slaw and a slice of white bread. Five types of pie are available by the slice or whole. Sweetened and unsweetened tea, fountain soda and domestic and craft beers make up the drink menu.
Gus’s is open Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Here’s what to expect when you make it through that door:
-photos by Michelle Volansky
This article appears in December 2015.