Local indie fried chicken venture has ended its three-year run in South Vancouver, having recently closed the doors to its second restaurant location.
Opened in February 2020, the 8197 Main St outpost of the Filipino-style fried chicken spot marked the first and only foray into Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»for the Richmond-born business.
Win Win Chick-N is known for its juicy fried chicken, available in combos with sides or in eight-, 10-, or 20-piece bundles. Win Win Chick-N shows off their Filipino roots with the restaurant's side selections, which include mashed potatoes, fries, gravy, and Filipino-style macaroni and cheese. Their mac and cheese is a sweet and savoury style, made using a homestyle family recipe. Additionally, they have fried chicken sandwiches, hot wings, and chicken tenders on the menu, with a trio of ube desserts on offer.
When they debuted in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»(just a month before the pandemic hit), Win Win had a couple of years in Richmond already under its belt.
Curiously, the restaurant opted to hang their sign up on a location positioned immediately across Main Street from the first Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»location of the locally-grown fried chicken chain Hi-Five, which itself continues to be in expansion mode. Hi Five recently opened its ninth Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»location, replacing Loz Takos on West Broadway and has two more restaurants (Victoria and Surrey) in B.C. in the works.
Meanwhile, a weekend drive-by of the Win Win Chick-N on Main at Marine in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»shows the former fried chicken spot's sign has been covered up with one announcing the arrival of . The pizza franchise has 11 locations around Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»and three more in the works; in addition to the one on Main replacing Win Win Chick-N, Hellcrust is adding Squamish and South Surrey outposts to its roster.
Win Win Chick-N stopped mentioning its Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»location on social media in May, which is also marked on Google as being "permanently closed."
V.I.A. has reached out to Win Win Chick-N to learn more about the closure of its Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»restaurant and will update if any further info becomes available.