For those who like fried chicken: How many options are too many? How would you choose among three restaurants next to one another?
Questions like these were discussed during a Ceres Planning Commission meeting Monday evening when site plan approval for Pollo Campero , a Guatemalan chain chicken restaurant, was proposed at 1355 E. Hatch Road.
A Raising Canes exists on the site where the Pollo Campero would be constructed, and a Popeyes sits directly across the street. All three restaurants have a similar menu, serving fried chicken and a variety of sides.
“You get three chicken places there that I could stand in the middle of the street, throw rocks and hit them,” Ceres resident John Warren said. “What will happen is they’ll probably all go out of business and we’ll be looking at empty buildings.”
Ceres Chamber of Commerce Vice President Irene Ortiz was at the meeting on behalf of Mayor Javier Lopez and read a statement written by his office.
Lopez inquired about providing alternative locations for Pollo Campero, suggesting District 2, where there is “a clear lack of food options,” according to the statement. Pollo Campero declined to change its location.