‘Bland': Internet Rips Food, Wait Times at Idaho’s First El Pollo Loco

Restaurants in the Treasure Valley? There's a new one every week, it seems.

Residents of the Treasure Valley? Well, we've always got an opinion.

While our community loves supporting local business, over the last couple of years, we have seen an impressive uptick in CHAIN restaurants opening in the area. We aren't talking about the likes of McDonalds, though. It seems that all of these new openings are new chains, or, at least new to Idaho.

In-N-Out, Raising Cane's and many more have opened their doors in Idaho for the FIRST time in recent months or years.

Now, a new spot is joining that club and yes, it's a chicken joint. Another one.

People are talking--to no surprise of anyone--and now El Pollo Loco is open in the Treasure Valley.

Have you made plans to check out the chicken joint yet?

We looked for some sort of feedback on El Pollo Loco on X (formerly known as Twitter) and found nothing from local Idahoans...but did learn that the top ranking tweet about El Pollo Loco came from none other than globaly recognized Diplo...

We can certainly think of worse places to celebrate a birthday, but it is quite random! We hope it was a good one, Diplo.

The Meridian location, on Chinden and Ten Mile, is the first of its kind in Idaho. Soon, there will be a second location that is