Who opened a restaurant called Pickrick featuring only skillet fried chicken in Atlanta Georgia in 1947?

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Lester Maddox In 1944, Maddox, along with his wife, the former Virginia Cox, used $400 they had saved to open up a combination grocery store/restaurant, called Lester's Grill.[2] Building on that success, the couple then bought property on Hemphill Avenue off the Georgia Tech campus to open up the Pickrick Restaurant.[3] Maddox made the Pickrick a family affair, with his wife and children working side-by-side with him. The restaurant became known for its simple, inexpensive food, including its specialty, skillet-fried chicken. It soon became a thriving business. The restaurant also provided Maddox with his first political forum: the restaurant became well known in Atlanta for large newspaper advertisements that featured cartoon chickens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Maddox Jul 23 11, 10:31 PM