The fried chicken restaurant opened in 1953 an hour outside of Memphis as Maggie's Short Orders. In 1984, Vernon “Gus” Bonner and his wife Gertrude inherited the family restaurant and recipes ...

Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken got its start more than 60 years ago in Mason, Tennessee, according to its website. The fried chicken chain expanded to San Antonio in 2021.

Can Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken earn a foothold in a city full of spicy bird? Though it's been an increasingly tough year for restaurants, Gus’s seems poised to be a contender.