Appleby Line and Dundas: 'CHICKEN TAKE-OUT center of the WORLD'

By Pepper Parr

July 22nd, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

This is what happens when a news story reaches its best-before date.

Allan Harrington, got fixated on the piece we did on the Dollarama locations.  He was the first to point out that the new store setting up was very close to an existing store.

Then he got the bit in his teeth and came back to us with the following.

I checked in with the Dollar Store and there will indeed be two Dollaramas.   I suggested they should combine into a TOONIE- RAMA but they didn’t bite.

What is MORE fascinating about that intersection – is that it is probably the “CHICKEN TAKE-OUT center of the WORLD”

There are 10 fast food chicken dedicated franchise take-out places in the area competing for your poultry craving

• • • • 

        Would this be the first spot Harrington would eat his free lunch?

        CHICK-FIL-A

      • CHURCHES TEXAS CHICKEN
      • KFC
      • MARY BROWNS CHICKEN
      • DAVES HOT CHICKEN
      • MIGHTY BIRD CHICKEN

just south of it at Appleby and Upper Middle are

• • • • SWISS CHALET
      • POPEYES

just west are

• • • • KUKUS CHICKEN
      • HANGRY CHICKES

A publisher could send THIS reporter out to get a hot chicken sandwich from each place over the course of ten days and report back on : freshness, temperature, colour, flavour, spiciness, customer service, ease to order, wait time,  environmental (waste plastic etc)

American vs Canadian owned?

What makes THEIR chicken different from the rest ?   Is it the 11 herbs and spices ?

The reporter just needs to park in one spot for 6 of the locations.

This is excluding all the chicken wing places and McDonalds, Harveys and Wendys that also have chicken sandwiches.

I came away with the impression that Harrington wanted us to feed him for ten days