We like KFC but have heard so many great things about Popeye that we are looking forwards to them being in the area!!!

Popeye's is YUMMO. May I recommend the fried shrimp and the cajun rice.

i worked with a man who was born and raised in new orleans. his family would drive from woodbury to thepopeyes on lake street once a week because the food reminded him of home. i should add that this was a very large man.

I love Popeye's so much that I will drive from Saint Cloud all the way down to Lake Street at least once every couple of months to get a bucket of chicken along with a couple of large containers of mashed potatoes with cajun gravy and a couple of large red beans n' rice to last me a few days. Additionally, anytime I find I need to go down to the Twin Cities for anything I always plan on stopping in at Popeye's too. Too bad at least one of the KFCs in St. Cloud didn't go belly up. Maybe then we'd have a Popeye's coming here too. I've long said that having a Popeye's in St. Cloud would be a gold mine and I would've put one in a long time ago if I had the capital to do so. It would also be really nice to get a Cinnabonn's here as well as a Dunkin' Donuts, Winchell's, or better yet to see Krispy Kreme come back to MN.

I was really excited to hear that more Popeye's was coming to the area.

We have been waiting forever for more Popeyes to open up in MN. So hoping they come, they just closed the KFC by our house on suburban and White bear ave. praying they make it Popeyes!!

Popeyes hooray!!! Love the chicken, biscuits, red beans & rice

We drive from Brooklyn Park to popeyes every weekend so we would love having a popeyes in our area. PLEASE GOD BRING ON MORE POPEYES!!
The Bradfords

I like the idea of more Popeye's chicken locations. I like KFC also but why didn't KFC corporate help their franchisee sooner than after a bankruptcy sale. Courts need to let the sale to Popeye's stand.

I've never tried Popeye's, but after reading all these "testimonials" I think I should!

I think KFC is slightly tastier and tastes more like homemade but the sides at Popeyes cannot be beat! KFC's quality has been going down over the last decade or more and they do not introduce any new and creative sides. Minnesotans do not tolerate instant potatoes and their biscuits are now always hard as a rock and not moist like Popeyes.
Both are equally bad for you, we know but it is fast food for a reason. I grew up with both while I lived in Texas and both were better tasting in the South. The Popeyes on Lake street fills a void for southern cooking but the bad service and lack of consistency sometimes prevented me from going regularly, not to mention the bad neighborhood. I am hoping a new and expanded franchise will allow Popeyes to succeed in MN and will improve the negatives I just mentioned (in my opinion).
I will miss KFC for its wonderful batter but if only one can survive, then may the bigger man win because every once in a while, a little fried chicken at a summer picnic is not a bad thing : )

My kids have been crying since KFC closed and have refused to eat chicken and mashed potatoes until it KFC opens its doors again. We as a family will boycott the Popeyes

I hope the new Popeyes dont get owned by same guy on lake st. He is an ass, the people that work there dont speak ENGLISH and he does not follow the national deal either.

Update on St. Cloud area: A few weeks ago I made a trip to the KFC located on Hwy 10 South (on the east side of Saint Cloud) only to discover they had closed their doors. Now I'm desperately hoping that Popeye's will (or has) purchase(d) this KFC. We still have a KFC on the the west side of town in Waite Park so it's not like KFC would not be represented at all. But I stand by my previous comment that a Popeye's in Saint Cloud would be a gold mine and the location of the KFC that has shuttered it's doors here would be a prime location for a Popeye's. Still crossing my fingers for my wish.

I have missed Popeye's since moving to Minnesota in 1996. The snarky comment about the man that eats at Popeye's every week...remove it. I am not a large person...Just like good food. The rice and red beans and the cajun rice...mmmmmm. When we travel, we stop at the Popeye's in Hampshire, IL (that is the closest one on our route to Maryland).

Yeah!!!! This true Cajun is excited!! Some MNs may need to start on the mild spice, but not this girl. If u like spice then dive into the spicier choice. Love the sides, chicken is good at any meal for anytime.

kfc has lost the ability to do chicken right!, small piceces, broken bones, they push their slimmy legs and thighs, pretty bad when cubs chicken is twice the size and has more flavor, and also a lot cheeper!!! so long kfc

popeyes is slimy greasy half done chicken ...it is disgusting it has only one kind extra crispy..going to get mine from the cub or lunds from now on...how sad!

I like KFC especially the chicken pot pie and mash potatoes bowl..BUT Popeye's without a doubt is the BEST....Finally we will have more than one in Minnesota ....YES!!