Menu for Chi Chi's Pizza
- Pizza
- Toppings
- Design Your Own. Add to basic price below. ...
- Soup & Salad. Garlic Bread $2.75
- Crisp Salad Bowl. ...
- Fresh Pasta. ...
- Business Luncheon Special. ...
- Chicken - Our Famous Golden Pressure Fried Chicken. ...
- Bottled
- Domestics
Full Answer
What kind of food is Chi-Chi’s?
CHI-CHI’S ® Mexican products. Originally established in the early ‘70s, the CHI-CHI’S ® brand continues the legacy of celebrating fun times with family and friends in retail stores with a full line of delicious sauces, tasty tortillas and legendary salsa.
Why choose Chi's Garden restaurant?
Tickle your taste buds with our amazing variety of authentic Chinese dishes which are made with love. We cannot wait for you to visit Chi's Garden Restaurant at 1023 NE Stephens St to enjoy our succulent BBQ pork or our heavenly honey chicken. You can also rely on us for catering for your company and social gatherings.
Is Chi-Chi's Mexican food Mexican?
While Chi-Chi's might have introduced Mexican food to certain markets, at least in the Midwest, it also opened the door for other Mexican restaurant chains such as El Torito, Casa Gallardo, and On the Border, all of which would soon be expanding to compete with Chi-Chi's throughout the U.S.
Is Chi-Chi's the cheesiest restaurant chain ever?
Oh, Chi-Chi's. Perhaps the cheesiest pseudo-Mexican restaurant chain ever, and we're not just talking about the queso. This restaurant chain began in Minnesota, of all places, and in the mid-70s, of all time periods, both of which make perfect sense in the context of its almost hilariously over-the-top inauthenticity.
When did Chi Chi's close?
Sales soon started to slip again, and restaurants kept on closing. From a 1986 high of 200 restaurants, Chi-Chi's was down to 150 and still dropping by the end of the '90s. In 2002, Chi-Chi's debt-ridden parent corporation Prandium declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
What happened to Chi Chi's?
While many businesses not only survive but thrive after bankruptcy, Chi-Chi's was dealt a fatal blow (literally, for several customers as well as the company) by something totally unexpected — a massive hepatitis outbreak. Health department investigations traced the source of this October 2003 outbreak to the Chi-Chi's at the Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca, Pennsylvania. While they originally suspected unsafe food handling practices, the source was eventually determined to be green onions used as an ingredient in dishes including salsa.
Why were Chi Chi's restaurants so successful?
The Midwestern restaurants remained quite successful, mostly due to the fact that they faced little or no competition or expectations when it came to Mexican food. When Chi-Chi's tried expanding into other markets like New York or Miami, places where people's taste buds were more refined, they didn't catch on.
