Los Pollos Hermanos
fictional fast food restaurant chain featured in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Los Pollos Hermanos (Spanish pronunciation: [los ˌpoʝos eɾˈmanos]; lit. 'The Chicken Brothers', is a fictional fast food restaurant chain specializing in fried chicken that was featured in the television series Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. In addition, the restaurant is mentioned in many training videos created to further expand the universe of the show. In the fictional universe of Breaking Bad, Los Pollos Hermanos is featured as a front organization for Gus Fring's methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution, but is also highly regarded by the general public of the Southwest as a regional chain on par with KFC. The set used for the restaurant's Albuquerque location in the show was at a series of Twisters locations in South Valley, New Mexico. As a result of this, Twisters has seen an increase in business attributed to being associated with Breaking Bad. Due to the show's popularity, Los Pollos Hermanos has appeared on numerous occasions as a real-life pop-up restaurant. The real life restaurant, also located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, also serves the same menu items as in the show.
In-universe history
Los Pollos Hermanos was founded by Chilean nationals and business partners Gus Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito) and Max Arciniega (James Martinez) in Mexico. An apocryphal story as told in a fictional television commercial suggests that it was inspired by recipes cooked by Gus' uncles. Eventually, Gus emigrated to the United States and opened branches primarily in New Mexico, and the chain grew to have 14 locations throughout the American Southwest. Los Pollos Hermanos trucks were used to smuggle drugs manufactured by the show's fictional drug cartel across the Mexico–United States border.
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