Coon Chicken Inn was an American chain of three restaurants that was founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925,[1] which prospered until the late 1950s.
[2] The first Coon Chicken Inn was opened in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1925.
[6] The Salt Lake City location at 2960 S. (sometimes listed as 2950 S.) Highland Drive closed in 1957 and is now the site of a furniture store.
[7] An antique promotional poster for Coon Chicken Inn featured as a plot device in the 2001 black comedy film Ghost World.
[9] It is featured in a number of advertisements, and is believed to have heavily outperformed its real life counterpart.