Kennedy Fried Chicken is the name for many restaurants in the New York City area and elsewhere in northeastern United States. Most of the restaurants are located in inner-city neighborhoods but some may also be found in busy downtown areas.The first restaurant was established in 1979 in New York City. During the 1980s and 1990s, many of the same restaurants have opened in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts and several other states. A very similar restaurant by the name of Kansas Fried Chicken has even appeared in Manchester, England. Their total number is roughly estimated to be approximately 1,000 or more. For the most part the restaurants share the same concept, if not the same menus. They don't just sell fried chicken but also specialize in fried fish, hot wings, short ribs, shrimps, burgers, pizza, all sorts of sandwiches and heros, fries, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, onion rings, sweet potato pies and a variety flavors of ice cream for dessert.Food at many of the inner-city restaurants is served from behind bulletproof glass. Its specialties is its deep-fried chicken (described as "not too dry or too soggy") and is believed to be halal, which means permissible according to the Islamic law. Given its inner-city roots, chicken and food is quite often ordered a la carte. The menu provided with takeout and delivery orders does not include all the restaurant's offerings, which are usually posted on its walls with accompanying large color photographs of the actual items.The restaurants are traditionally owned and operated by Afghan Americans and are not formally connected, although their menus and prices are similar. This lack of centralized control has posed huge problems for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) in New York. Since the 1990s, KFC has tried to enforce trademark rules against the restaurants, which often use the KFC abbreviation and have been known to decorate their restaurants in red and white colors, similar to that of KFC.The Kennedy restaurants have also worked their way into New York restaurant lore in much the same manner as Ray's Pizza, which is also a collection of restaurants under the same name but not the same control. The cat-and-mouse game with KFC has resulted in changing their names or using blue color instead of red. The following is a partial list of restaurants affiliated with Kennedy Fried Chicken:Crown Fried ChickenNew York Fried ChickenLincoln Fried ChickenKennedy Pizza and ChickenKansas Fried ChickenJFK Fried ChickenPalace Fried ChickenTexas Fried ChickenFlorida Fried ChickenGeorgia Fried ChickenHollywood Fried Chicken References^ Southeast Queens Press - Restaurant Review, A Fast Food King With Many Choices^ Photo Gallery of Crown Fried Chicken on Flickr^ The New York Times - KFC v. KFC