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    Disneyland hot chicken stand turns down the heat, simplifies the menu
    • May 2, 2023

    An Orange County-based Nashville hot chicken concept has toned down the double entendres and doused a Ghost Pepper heat level to bring its brand of hand-breaded fried chicken to the Disneyland resort.

    Clyde’s Hot Chicken opened a food cart in late April near the Disneyland Monorail station in Downtown Disney serving boneless fried chicken on a stick.

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    There are no plans for a permanent Clyde’s Hot Chicken location in Downtown Disney at this time, according to Disneyland officials.

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    The $14 Clyde’s Hot Stick Combo comes with five pieces of chicken, potato chips and pickle slices. The original Clyde’s Sauce and Clyde’s Ranch are $1 extra.

    Two heat levels are available: Original with a Cayenne spice and sweet finish or Hot as Cali that blends Cayenne and Habanero spices. Timid tasters can get their hot chicken without any heat — just ask for it “naked.”

    The hot chicken chain adjusted the Nashville-inspired heat levels to appeal to the family-friendly Disneyland audience at the Anaheim outdoor shopping mall.

    Gone are the Habanero and Ghost Pepper spice level known as 1930 with the Hot as Cluck heat level renamed to a less irreverent Hot as Cali featuring a blend of Cayenne and Habanero.

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    Clyde’s opened its first restaurant in 2019 next to the historic Fox Theatre in Fullerton and has since expanded to Santa Ana, Placenta and Montclair with a Yorba Linda location in the works. Clyde’s also has a concession stand in the Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.

    Clyde’s prides itself on serving all-natural chicken with no antibiotics, preservatives, hormones or artificial additives.

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    The Downtown Disney location features a streamlined menu with little more than chicken on a stick and a few soft drinks. The small chain’s larger fast casual restaurants offer a broader menu with sandwiches, wings, tenders, chicken and waffles, fries, sides and milkshakes.

    The Clyde’s Hot Chicken cart in Downtown Disney is open most days from 11 a.m. to midnight.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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