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Chester’s Chicken Now Frying at Revamped College Park Citgo

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM · 1 min read
Chester’s Chicken Now Frying at Revamped College Park Citgo — Altamonte Springs Business news

College Park’s old Citgo station on Edgewater Drive has a new look and a new reason to stop by: fried chicken. Chester’s Chicken is now open at 3460 Edgewater Drive, bringing the national fried chicken chain to Central Florida for the first time. And naturally, we stopped by to investigate. We tried the chicken biscuit, and the verdict was pretty simple: Yum. The opening follows an extensive renovation of the longtime gas station, which is still pumping Citgo gas. The family-owned chicken chain traces its roots to 1952 in Montgomery, Alabama, when founder W.O. Giles began frying donuts and eventually chicken using his patented fryers. Today, Chester’s has more than 1,300 franchised and licensed locations across the United States and Canada, primarily inside convenience stores and travel centers. The brand is known for its marinated, double-breaded fried chicken, including tenders, bone-in chicken, chicken bites, sandwiches, biscuits, potato wedges, and fried pies. Ch

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