Some rumors just don’t hold water. Or, in this case, chicken grease.
The Chicken Coupe, a beloved fried chicken joint that’s been serving crispy goodness from a food truck on Belle Isle since 2018, recently moved into the park’s old concession stand. The transition should’ve been business as usual. But then the internet did what the internet does best.
A flurry of social media posts falsely claimed that the Chicken Coupe had set up shop inside Belle Isle’s notoriously stinky public bathrooms. Videos flooded Instagram and TikTok, warning patrons of alleged health code violations and even suggesting the Chicken Coupe was slinging chicken in a restroom stall…