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July 17, 2025 By turkeycreek_8rg3af

Zaxby's

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Phone: (865) 671-1222
Address: 11636 Parkside Drive Farragut TN 37934
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THE HISTORY OF ZAXBY’S

 Zaxby’s – How a great idea was hatched.

Step into the way-back machine and set the dials to 1990. Step into a world where Seinfeld isn’t a hit, Starbucks aren’t on every corner, and cell phones were way too big to fit in your pocket. But something is missing. There is no Zaxby’s.

That’s because childhood pals Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley hadn’t invented it yet. They were still hanging out playing basketball at Zach’s, talkin’ trash and imagining it into being. They didn’t know much about the restaurant business. But they knew this much: the chicken they could find in Statesboro, Georgia, was okay, but not really fresh or zesty. And the local wing joints were good, but couldn’t touch the wing joints where they went to school. Plus, none of the local chicken places were fun or had any personality. So they dreamed up Zaxby’s. Right there. On the basketball court. Between Zach’s missed foul shots and Tony’s bricks from 3-point land. The rest, as they say, is chicken history.

 

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