Zankou Chicken

Dikran Iskenderian has a Bachelor's of Science in business administration with a Management concentration from Woodbury University. He also has a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Woodbury University. He now attends UCLA Extension for a Professional Certification in marketing. He manages day-to-day operations and much of the restaurants marketing, communications with media, menu...

Zankou Chicken is a popular chain that dates to 1962 in Beirut. The late Vartkes Iskenderian relocated to L.A. and planted the first flag in Hollywood in 1983. Now the family has locations across L.A. County. At this Van Nuys location, order at a stainless steel counter from an overhead menu and either grab a wood table to eat in-house, or grab-and-go. Zankou specializes in rotisserie chicken....

Part of a small, family-owned chain, this fast-food outlet clips the wings off its big corporate competitors, serving some of the best rotisserie chicken in the kingdom. The half-chicken plate---crisp-skinned, ultra-tender rotisserie… Read More

Devotees "dream about" the "juicy, flavorful" rotisserie chicken at this "popular" Mediterranean fast-food chain cherished for its "glorious", "kick-a@s" "garlic sauce of the gods" that will make you want to "buy a tub, take it home and put it on everything you eat for the next week"; "morose" service plus "over-bright fluorescent lighting" add up to "zero atmosphere, but who cares when the...

The Scene
Zankou Chicken isn't much to look at: a narrow slice in an unremarkable strip mall. But the glowing critical accolades Zankou has garnered--blown up, framed and proudly...

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