Church’s Texas Chicken opens new location in Machesney Park

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — Church’s Texas Chicken has opened in Machesney Park, the second chicken restaurant, in addition to Raising Cane’s, to open in the Rockford area this week.

Church’s Texas Chicken occupies the former KFC location at 1586 West Lane Road.

The chicken chain was founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952 and specializes in original and spicy chicken in tenders and sandwich form, with honey-butter biscuits and homestyle sides.

The Machesney Park location will be open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday.

Baton Rouge-based Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers opened Tuesday at 6445 E. State Street, on the southwest corner of East State Street and South Trainer Road. Raising Cane’s is open from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., Friday and Saturday.