# The future of Ezell's Famous Chicken may be outside the family that built it

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Podcast: [Seattle Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/seattle-now-496157)
Published: 2026-05-04T12:00:00+00:00
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Ezell’s Famous Chicken is a decades-old Seattle institution. It’s also family run. But its next chapter might look a little different – nationwide expansion steered from outside of the family. We’ll talk about it with owner Lewis Rudd and reporter Egan Ward in a minute.

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