15,000-square-foot chicken-and-waffles palace opens in RiNo

From its whole fried chicken that comes in a chicken-shaped basket to homemade ice cream sandwiches that are served out of a rolling cooler, Yardbird’s newest and largest restaurant to date is ready to wow Denver diners.

The Miami-based chicken chain debuted its sprawling, 14,950-square-foot restaurant, at 2743 Blake St., on Monday. It’s the eighth location for parent company, 50 Eggs; the others are in  Miami, Las Vegas, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Singapore and Chicago. When the Southern comfort-food restaurant first opened in Miami in 2011 it earned plenty of praise, such as the country’s best new restaurant from the James Beard Foundation and Read Entire Article