El Pollo Loco (Mexico)

For the U.S.-based restaurant chain, see El Pollo Loco (United States).
El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V.
El Pollo Loco
Company typePrivate
IndustryCasual dining restaurant, Restaurants
FoundedJanuary 6, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-01-06) in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
FounderJuan Francisco Ochoa
HeadquartersSan Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León,
Mexico
Number of locations
52 (October 2017)[1]
Area served
Mexico
(Coahuila, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Mexico D.F.)
ProductsFire-grilled chicken and related Mexican food
Websitewww.elpolloloco.com.mx

El Pollo Loco, S.A. de C.V. is a Mexico-based restaurant chain specializing in Sinaloa-style marinated grilled chicken. It was founded by Juan Francisco Ochoa, whose family still owns the Mexican chain. The El Pollo Loco locations in Mexico are not affiliated with or operated by the American El Pollo Loco, Inc.[2] El Pollo Loco operates in over 50 locations within Mexico City and the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas, of which 28 are located in Nuevo León.[1]

  1. ^ a b "El Pollo Loco - Sucursales" [Branches]. elpolloloco.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Cantu, Gustavo (March 9, 2015). "Don Pollo Loco". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish).