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Originally Posted by Keith P.
I had mentioned an earlier recollection of being taken to the Town & Country Restaurant on Quinpool by my parents when I was a kid.
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There was a second a Town and Country restuarant on Prince Albert Road in Dartmouth, roughly where the Quality Inn sits now. It was a single storey wood frame building, brown in colour, I believe, and Kentucky Fried Chicken was just one of the items on the menu, as was the norm at that time. (It was only later that Harland Sanders began to franchise stand-alone stores.) Going there and ordering "chicken and chips" was a huge treat when I was a kid in the early 60s. I still remember that the chicken was always tender, served on the restaurant's own china with the brown T&C logo, and with honey on the side.
Colonel Ernie Edwards was the first franchisee on the east coast and by the early sixties his was the top selling franchise in the chain. And yes, he was a real colonel, having been inducted in to the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels by Sanders himself. He died in 2008 and I expect would flip in his grave if he knew the state of the chain under corporate parent Yum Brands today. Not So Good.