Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘N Biscuits

The Bojangles on East Chatham Street in Cary is one of the Triangle locations run by Tri-Arc Food Systems, a franchisee that has been part of North Carolina communities for 45 years. The menu is the reason people stop: fried chicken, biscuits and sweet tea.

Tri-Arc has stuck with the classics the whole way through, and the recipes have not wandered far. The company now runs 51 restaurants across the Triangle and Southern Virginia, and it makes a point of celebrating the people who work its counters.

What to know

• The first Bojangles opened on West Boulevard in Charlotte in 1977, started by Jack Fulk Sr.
• Tri-Arc Food Systems was incorporated in 1979.
• Its first restaurant opened in Selma, North Carolina, in 1980.
• The chain’s arrival marked a new milestone in American fast food, by the company’s telling.