Confessions of a Chicken Sandwich Hipster

What the sandwich lost when it went from the second page of the menu to the first.

A long line of Popeyes fans lining up to try the chicken sandwich, Hawaii, 2019. Source: Hawaii News Now

In August 2019, Popeyes changed the landscape of fast food with the introduction of its chicken sandwich. It was, of course, not the first chicken sandwich that Popeyes had introduced, nor was it the first chicken sandwich on a fast food menu not from Chick-Fil-A. But it was different. The combination of size…