The next big release from Ludacris just happens to be an edible one. The rapper and Renaissance man has announced his plans to open a new restaurant called Chicken & Beer in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. “I’m taking my restaurateur footprint into the busiest airport in the WORLD!” he tweeted on Tuesday (January 3). “Hartsfield-Jackson ATL International! Chicken & Beer coming soon!”
The name is a nod to Luda’s successful third album Chicken-n-Beer, a number one offering that sold almost half a million copies in its first week of release in 2003.
Chicken & Beer will be located in the airport’s Concourse D, where it will compete for travelers’ attention with other quick-service choices such as Burger King, Chili’s, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, and Quizno’s. Luda has yet to specify when it will debut – likely a smart move considering that restaurant openings tend to get pushed back as frequently as album release dates change.
Chicken & Beer will be Luda’s second foray into the food world. In 2008, seduced by kung pao lollipops, he licensed the name and pan-Asian concept of Straits from Chris Yeo, a California-based chef and restaurateur, and opened the fifth branch of the restaurant in Atlanta’s Midtown area, where it is still operating. But while the menu at Straits is fairly extensive and wandering, we suspect the offerings at Chicken & Beer will be significantly more focused.
Cortesia de: MTV.Com
