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'''Pioneer Chicken''' (or '''Pioneer Take Out''', as it is officially named) is an American [[fried chicken]] restaurant chain which was founded in [[Echo Park, Los Angeles]]<ref name=lat-2009mar24>{{cite news |title=Pioneer Chicken kicks the bucket |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/03/closings-and-op.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2009-03-24 |first=Jessica |last=Gelt}}</ref> in 1961 by H. R. Kaufman. When Kaufman sold the chain in 1987, there were 270 restaurants operated by 220 franchisees.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Takeover That Ended a Friendship: Pioneer Take-Out Founder, Purchaser at Odds Over Terms |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-19/business/fi-37127_1_pioneer-headquarters |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1988-01-19 |first1=Jesus |last1=Sanchez |first2=Nancy |last2=Yoshihara |name-list-style=amp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pioneer Chicken Tries to Emerge From Its Second Bankruptcy |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-09/business/fi-370_1_pioneer-chicken |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1991-04-09 |first=John |last=Medearis}}</ref>
During the 1970s, several locations operated in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, [[Hawaii]]. As of
==Origins==
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