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title: "Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Opens on East Main in Spartanburg"
url: https://www.herespartanburg.com/2026/10/27/lees-famous-recipe-chicken-opens-east-main-spartanburg/
date: 2026-10-27T05:24:04-04:00
modified: 2026-10-27T05:24:04-04:00
author: "A. Preston Acker"
categories: ["Business"]
site: "HERESpartanburg"
attribution: "HERESpartanburg"
---

# Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Opens on East Main in Spartanburg

> SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Fried chicken chain Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is now serving customers from a renovated building at 2161 E. Main St. in Spartanburg, close to the Walmart on that stretch of road. The Ohio-based company says the restaurant keeps hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, and it began

*Source: [HERESpartanburg](https://www.herespartanburg.com/2026/10/27/lees-famous-recipe-chicken-opens-east-main-spartanburg/) — October 27, 2026 by A. Preston Acker*

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Fried chicken chain Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken is now serving customers from a renovated building at 2161 E. Main St. in Spartanburg, close to the Walmart on that stretch of road.

The Ohio-based company says the restaurant keeps hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, and it began operating on Oct. 26. It is only the second Lee’s in South Carolina; the other one is in Rock Hill.

A formal grand opening is set for Thursday, Oct. 29. The ceremony starts at 10 a.m., and doors open an hour later, when the first 50 people in line get a free two-piece breast strip meal. A local radio station plans a live remote with giveaways from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The brand traces its start to 1966 in Lima, Ohio, where Lee Cummings and partner Harold Omer launched a takeout spot. Most of its locations today sit in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri, with only a scattering across the South.