In ‘great news’ for Californians, chain plans two restaurants in Boise area

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In ‘great news’ for Californians, chain plans two restaurants in Boise area

Boise’s transformation into California restaurant-chain paradise shows no sign of slowing.

With In-N-Out Burger

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in the area, and

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, another Golden State brand is on the way.

El Pollo Loco, which recently submitted a pre-application request with the city of Meridian to open a 2,000-square-foot restaurant at 3471 W. Chinden Blvd. (near the intersection with Ten Mile Road), now has plans for Nampa, too.

The ********-style brand has leased “over half an acre of land at Northside Boulevard and Nampa-Caldwell Boulevard,” according to a press release from

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. The address is 95 2nd St. South.

Known for its “famous citrus-marinated, fire-grilled chicken,”

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’s Idaho moves are exciting transplants from California.

Fans of El Pollo Loco soon will be able to celebrate with a burrito “cheers” in Idaho.

When a Boise radio station posted about the Nampa lease

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, enthusiastic online responses followed. In a comment that received 27 reactions, one person declared, “I’m from California and this is great news!”

“Don’t toy with me!!!” another commenter wrote. “Their avocado salsa is insane!!! So good!!!”

A “SoCal staple,” as the chain

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, El Pollo Loco was founded in 1974 — in Mexico. It now has more than 495 locations in seven states: California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Louisiana, according to

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If you’ve eaten at Fiesta Chicken — a similar local concept in Boise — you already have a grasp of El Pollo Loco’s

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. The chain serves delicious, if not addictive, chicken — in tacos, burritos, tostadas, salads, bowls and meals.

A real-estate listing indicates the Nampa restaurant is “opening soon,” but a publicist for El Pollo Loco did not immediately respond with information about a target date. In April, Tim Welsh, El Pollo Loco’s chief development officer, provided a prepared statement about the Meridian store.

“We’ve been working with a franchise partner to bring El Pollo Loco’s signature, fire-grilled chicken to the Boise area,” he said. “We’re excited to have identified a location and are optimistic we will have our entitlements approved in the coming months. While we don’t yet have an opening date for this restaurant, we look forward to being part of the Meridian community in the near future.”

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