[1][2] Colonel Sanders opened the restaurant after he had grown unhappy with recipe changes at KFC after selling the company.

[1][3] In 1964, Sanders sold Kentucky Fried Chicken,[2] and he later grew unhappy with the recipes that the franchise was using.

[4] In 1968, Colonel Sanders and his wife, Claudia, started the restaurant, originally named "Claudia Sanders, The Colonel's Lady Dinner House".

[1][4][3][5] After Kentucky Fried Chicken was bought by Heublein in 1971, Heublein was unhappy that Sanders was using his image for the competing restaurant (Sanders was a large face of Kentucky Fried Chicken).

[1] Claudia Sanders Dinner House serves over 100,000 customers per year.