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The Chicken Brothers are a chain of fast food restaurants located in the southeast of the United States and specialized in fried chicken, according to the universe of the television series breaking bad. They were founded by Gustavo Fring and his friend, Max Arciniega.
It should be noted that this restaurant is an essential part of the development of meetings and appearances of important characters during the series. breaking badamong whom are Walter White, cousins, Mike Ehrmantraut and even Walter’s brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
Los Pollos Hermanos was subsidized by the German conglomerate Madrigal Electromotive, which had a significant amount of shares in the restaurants. This restaurant had two main purposes: to serve as a front for Fring’s real business (the production and distribution of drugs) and to allow the money obtained to be laundered.
In the series, if Fring wanted to meet one of his associates, either at the restaurant or in some other place related to it, he would send a message with the word «Chickens».
situation in breaking bad
Background
Gus Fring was the owner of the restaurants located in the southeast of the United States, specifically in Albuquerque and part of Nevada. The employees, those not linked to the drug business, had to serve their customers with the message: «Los Pollos Hermanos, where something delicious is always cooking.»
However, the conception of the restaurants was created in order to be a cover for the main business: the manufacture of methamphetamine.
It was then that the alliance between Gus and his friend Max Arciniega, the “brothers” of Pollos Hermanos, was established. Fring would take care of business and Max, thanks to his training in chemistry, would manufacture the drug.
From there, the events can be summarized as follows (these occurred in the episode «Brothers»):
Fring and Arciniega founded the restaurants in Mexico under the name of “Los Pollos”.
Arciniega manufactured the recipe for the preparation of methamphetamine; thus it could distribute the drug among different potential clients.
In view of the success of drug trafficking, the leader of the Mexican drug cartel, Don Eladio, invited them to his mansion.
Fring tried to convince Don Eladio to include methamphetamine in the business. However, the leader saw the appearance of the drug as a threat, so he killed Arciniega in front of Gus.
Gus later moved to the United States and founded the Max Arciniega Scholarship, in order to find new talent for manufacturing methamphetamine.
Years later, and thanks to the consolidation of the business, Gus returned to meet Don Eladio and forget the past. However, both he and his associates were killed by a bottle of poisoned tequila that Gus had concocted.
Chicken Brothers and Walter White
During the third season, Walter begins to work for Gus in what would be «the farm» or chicken farm, place where they would manufacture the drug. At this point, blue meth was already well known and popular with users.
It should be noted that the transfer of the drug, after packaging it, was done through the mixtures to fry the fried chicken; thus the distribution was guaranteed.
The plot thickened further in season four, as the drug division managed to uncover an important lead at the crime scene of Gale Boettcher, a Max Arciniega fellowship chemist who briefly worked as Walter’s assistant. .
At Gale’s apartment, Hank discovers a Los Pollos Hermanos napkin, thus inferring the connection between Gale (who was a vegan) and Gus. Other members of the cartel know that Walter is working with Gus, so they begin to sabotage the distribution of the drug.
Little by little, Hank’s investigation closes in on Gus’ intention to get rid of the police, despite having an image of a model citizen. It is in the fifth season when the restaurant Los Pollos Hermanos falls out of favor and is removed from business by Madrigal Electromotive.
Better Call Saul
the prequel to breaking bad, Better Call Saul (released in 2015) recounts the events that happened before Jimmy McGill became the famous lawyer, Saul Goodman.
Due to this, there have been appearances of various characters belonging to the universe of breakin bad and it is expected that this year Gus and Los Pollos Hermanos will do the same.
Does Los Pollos Hermanos really exist?
Initially, Los Pollos Hermanos corresponds to the fictional fast food chain. In fact, the Twisters restaurant, located in Albuquerque, was the space used for the production of the series.
However, in March 2017, and thanks to the promotion of the new season of Better Call Saulopened the first location of Los Pollos Hermanos, located in Austin, Texas.
Fans who attended the opening affirmed that the facilities are an exact replica of what was seen on television, including the menu. However, despite the furor it caused among the fans, it is still unknown if more franchises will open in the country.
restaurant locations
According to breaking badLos Pollos Hermanos is distributed in the following cities:
Alamogordo.
Albuquerque (main meeting site).
Brownfield.
Lubbock.
Yellow.
Colorado Springs.
The crosses.
Odessa.
Phoenix.
St. George.
Tucson.
Curiosities
The real restaurant of Los Pollos Hermanos has a page where customers can share their experiences in the place.
As well as the restaurant, the menu also became popular: special with eggs with meat, varieties of omelettes and, of course, fried chicken.
During the series, the recordings for the meetings and meetings at Los Pollos Hermanos were made on Twisters, which continues to operate to this day.
There is a web page of Los Pollos Hermanos that redirects to a web about kits first AIDS.
The name of the restaurant, although it is catchy, is a parody of another restaurant: El Pollo Loco.
By the time the episode of Gus’s death aired, the walking dead and breaking bad They were part of the same chain. That’s why the zombie series’ special effects team helped out during this episode.
Below is the commercial about the Pollos Hermanos that appears in one of the Breaking Bad episodes:
References
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Emblematic restaurant «Los Pollos Hermanos» from Breaking Bad is inaugurated. (2017). In 24 hours. Retrieved from 24.horas.cl.
The chickens brothers. (nd). On Breaking Bad Wiki. Recovered from breakingbad.wikia.com.