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title: "Popeyes Celebrates 3,000th Location With Champagne-Battered Chicken Wings Drenched in Gold"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5686ebba-d28f-4687-81c1-2e1b57774328
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/popeyes-celebrates-3000th-location-with-champagne-battered-chicken-wings-drenched-in-gold-2708080
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2018-10-04T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:48.556Z
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# Popeyes Celebrates 3,000th Location With Champagne-Battered Chicken Wings Drenched in Gold

**TL;DR:** Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen celebrates its 3,000th location with a limited-time offer of champagne-battered chicken wings. The brand's 3,000th location is in Elizabethtown, New Jersey.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/popeyes-celebrates-3000th-location-with-champagne-battered-chicken-wings-drenched-in-gold-2708080).*

## Story

To celebrate restaurant number 3,000, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen unveiled a lavish culinary masterpiece available for one day only: chicken wings hand-battered in champagne and breaded with edible gold flakes. The entree includes six boneless wings, a side and a biscuit for a suggested price of $5.

According to an article in QSR Magazine, four locations including lucky No. 3,000 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. If you’re lucky enough to live in New York City, Anaheim, California or the franchise brand’s hometown of New Orleans, you can also get in on the action on Thursday.

“We are thrilled to open our 3,000th restaurant and have even more guests enjoying our incredible fried chicken. We wanted to share this celebration with our fans, so our chefs cooked up something extra special for them. It’s a fun way for guests to celebrate this milestone right along with us,” Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen president Alex Santoro said in a statement.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- location expansion (topic)
- new york (location)
- menu item (topic)
- New Orleans (location)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (company)
- brand milestone (topic)
- Anaheim, California (location)
- Elizabethtown, New Jersey (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/popeyes-celebrates-3000th-location-with-champagne-battered-chicken-wings-drenched-in-gold-2708080). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5686ebba-d28f-4687-81c1-2e1b57774328).