Popeyes opening date confirmed for Glasgow Sauchiehall Street as doors open next week

Popeyes has finally confirmed the opening date brand-new city centre restaurant in Glasgow.

Following up on its successful launch in Barrhead, the fast food brand confirmed that they are launching on Sauchiehall Street on Friday, July 5.

Situated at 108-110 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, and will seat up to 80 people for dine-in, with takeaway also available.

The third outlet in Scotland and 50th UK-wide, the launch will see the brand team up with Glasgow’s customised trainer experts, Boxfresh, to create limited-edition pairs of kicks – branded in Popeyes’ iconic orange, teal, and white – which will be up for grabs to win on opening day.

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The team say one of Glasgow’s top nail salons, Naf! is also joining the Popeyes party, creating sets of custom Popeyes artificial nails which fans in the queue will also be in with a chance of winning.

Alongside signature prize of free chicken sandwiches for a year for the first three customers in the queue, the first 50 customers in the Sauchiehall St queue will receive one free chicken sandwich and also be in with a chance of winning exclusive money-can’t-buy merch - including Popeyes bucket hats and T-shirts, as well as the custom Popeyes trainers and Naf! nail sets.

Known for its ‘Round-the-block’ queues on opening day, the team are advising people to get down quick to enjoy the fun,.

Customers queued for 18.5 hours to get their hands on the famous Louisiana Chicken Sandwich at Popeyes’ first Scottish launch in Barrhead in September last year.

Chicken fans in Glasgow will get to experience Popeyes world-famous ‘shatter crunch’ for themselves once they get their hands on the popular menu, including the iconic Popeyes chicken sandwich and original southern biscuits and gravy.

Popeyes will also be serving up its breakfast menu featuring British breakfast classics with a New Orleans twist, such as the big cajun breakfast roll, cajun hash browns and indulgent Nutella-topped buttermilk biscuits.

The new Glasgow restaurant will also be the first Popeyes restaurant in the UK to stay open until midnight from opening day.

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