Beloved chicken shop Chick ‘n’ Sours is closing its final two London restaurants

Today we bring you said news, because the legendary Korean fried chicken spot Chick ‘n’ Sours has closed its restaurants for good. 

When Chick ‘n’ Sours first opened in Dalston a decade ago, London’s restaurant landscape was very different to how it looks today. The Korean fried chicken joint was an instant hit, for its sweet and sour cocktails, ultra-crispy chicken and addictive seaweed ‘crack’ seasoning. It was also home of the game-changing ‘whole fry’, an entire chicken dipped in batter and deep fried. Soon it moved to Haggerston and opened a second outpost in Seven Dials in Covent Garden.

However, in 2025 the owners said that running two restaurants in London was no longer financially viable. Both Haggerston and Seven Dials restaurants served their final meals on Sunday, May 25, and are now permanently closed. 

Co-founder David Wolanksi wrote on Instagram: ‘We do what we do because we love it, fuelled by passion and a desire to provide guests with awesome food and memorable dining experiences. But that’s no longer enough these days.

‘We hung in there as long as we could but I’m afraid we’ve now reached the point where operating the two restaurants just isn’t viable anymore and it makes no commercial sense to continue. The casual dining restaurant model is broken, but that’s for another post.’

Don’t despair as this is not the end of Chick ‘n’ Sours. The brand will continue its residencies at the Roof East and Corner Corner food halls in London, remain on delivery platforms and will have a presence at live events and festivals, Wolanski confirmed. 

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