Chicken in the Rough

Chicken in the Rough was a franchise concept for restaurants serving fried chicken which was offered in more than one location in the Birmingham area in the 1940s and 1950s.

The copyright for the marketing materials featuring a rooster holding a golf club, and the patent for a special griddle, was held by Beverly Osborne of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He came upon the idea of a cheap "finger food" meal during the Great Depression. The restaurants served unjointed fried chicken with french fries, biscuits and honey.

• Chicken in the Rough (1956) at 2800 7th Avenue South in Lakeview became the Chicken In Dixie drive-in by 1960 and later the Riteway Drive-Inn until at least 1970
• The Vulcan Restaurant at 2512 18th Street South (then U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood, owned by Wally Mead
• Chicken in the South at 2120 Bessemer Road in Central Park was formerly Chicken in the Rough before it was bought by Leon and Richard Boackle in 1955