Any day now, Bonafried chef/co-owner Stephen Maher and his partner Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth will serve their 80,000th fried chicken sandwich.
They’ll mark that milestone from their newly opened brick-and-mortar restaurant near the Fair Grounds at the former site of their friend’s Splish Splash Washateria just off Esplanade Avenue.
The pair hadn’t intended to become fried chicken mini moguls when they started doing pop-ups in 2014. Back then, their menu included sliders, fries and wings, with the occasional fried chicken sandwich…