Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant – Buena Park, CA
N 33° 50.584 W 117° 59.883
11S E 407661 N 3745203
One of America's largest and most popular single-location, full-service, family restaurants, Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant has been serving up Cordelia Knott's fried chicken, homemade biscuits and boysenberry pies since 1934.
Waymark Code: WMDWB3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2012
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In 1920 the Knott family arrived in Buena Park and began farming 20 acres of land on Highway 39 (now Beach Blvd). In 1934, to make ends meet during the Great Depression, Cordelia Knott began serving chicken dinners on her wedding china for 65 cents each. Located outside the main gate of Knott's Berry Farm, this family dining institution actually formed the basis for the theme park itself.
Today, Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant serves an average of 1,000 chickens daily, making it the world’s largest, full service, single location chicken restaurant in the world with seating for 1,000 in eight separate dining rooms. While the name sake dinner is still the main draw for the restaurant's 1.1 million annual customers, the menu features various other items including lunch and dinner entrees, soups, salads, sandwiches and a complete Farm breakfast featuring pancakes and french toast.
No park admission fee is required to visit the restaurant.
Free two hour parking is available.
Address: 8039 Beach Blvd Buena Park, CA 90620
Regular Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 8:30 pm.
Friday: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm.
Saturday: 7:00 am - 9:30 pm
Sunday: 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
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