Nuten Massachusetts dates its founding back to the 17th century.

The namesake of the Fig Nuten and the town in which the composers of patriotic hymns

America the Beautiful and my country Tizavdi once resided.

Nuten is also where, in 1985, Partners Stephen Colo and Arthur Correz opened a shop they

dubbed Boston Chicken.

As opposed to Deepfried Southern-style work KFC, this Yaki aspirant served rotisserie

birds, along with its signature sides.

Researchers expanded first throughout the Northeast, and when the chain added turkey ham

and meatloaf as proteins in 1995, it rebranded itself with a name that still sticks to your

ribs today.

In its rocky 30 years of operation, it's created its own grocery store Frozen Meals,

filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expanded into and then retreated from both Canada and

Australia, and been bought and sold off by the McDonald's Corporation.

Since 2007, it has been owned by parent company Sun Capital Partners, whose diverse holdings

include restaurant brands, Johnny Rockets and Friendlies, as well as American Golf and

Jim Shopping Network.

Currently with over 450 locations and 10,000 employees, this New England creation has now

spread to much of America.

This week on Doe Boys, Boston Market.

Welcome to Doe Boys, the podcast about chain restaurants.

I'm Nick Weiger alongside Mike, the Spoon Man Mitchell.

How you doing, Mitch?

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