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R.I.P. Flav’s Fried Chicken. Yours was a star that faded too soon.

…it seems incredibly strange that Flavor Flav, the famed rapper and reality television personality, would open the flagship of his nascent fried chicken chain in Clinton, of all places. The official story goes like this: Flav befriended the Cimino brothers, who own a small chain of Mama Cimino’s Pizza restaurants in Nevada, Iowa, and Illinois. When he began to sell his homemade chicken wings at the Vegas location, Nick Cimino got the idea to open a fried chicken restaurant next door to the Cimino’s in Clinton.

Flav’s Fried Chicken opened its doors [in January 2011], with locals and tourists alike lined up outside to have fried chicken dished up by the man himself. Flav has also given his word to the Clinton Herald that he would drop by often. “You’re going to be catching me seasoning my chicken, flouring my chicken, frying up my chicken, and not only that, but serving my chicken to my people.”

Jan 26 2012
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  1. chelseajbehrens reblogged this from averageiowan and added:
    I was just talking about this with some friends this past weekend. What an odd thing to have happened in my home town.
  2. glopdemon reblogged this from averageiowan and added:
    I was so disappointed when I went through Clinton this summer and wasn’t able to experience Flav’s chicken.
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  4. invisibleheros reblogged this from averageiowan and added:
    What the… I… I don’t know how to feel about this whole situation.
  5. idontneedthesunandthemoon reblogged this from averageiowan and added:
    I never got to go. *sobs* Also, the building looks like an old Long John Silver’s.
  6. vintagetitan reblogged this from averageiowan and added:
    Kinda upset I never “jumped” on the chance to swing by Flav’s chicken joint. Actually, not really.
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  8. cuuunts reblogged this from nolanslifeisaverage and added:
    Hahahaha. Clinton is so dirty.
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  10. averageiowan reblogged this from missb-rva and added:
    Clinton, IA - infamous for more than a failed chicken place run by a second-tier celebrity.
  11. nolanslifeisaverage reblogged this from missb-rva and added:
    Oh lord. Clinton, Iowa.
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