Top Story Spotlight CONNELLY SPRINGS Iconic Connelly Springs restaurant to close; owners have run restaurant for 30 years Sharon McBrayer Nov 12, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 Updated Nov 12, 2025 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chicken In The Basket, or The Basket, as some call it, in Connelly Springs is closing.kAm|6=62 (:=D@? >256 2 A@DE @? u2463@@< E92E 96C >@E96C 2?5 72E96C[ sH2J?6 2?5 $2?5C2 (:=D@?[ 2C6 C6E:C:?8] $96 D2:5 }@G] a` H:== 36 E96 =2DE 52J 7@C E96 C6DE2FC2?E]k^Am Chicken In The Basket is closing due to the owners, Dwayne and Sandra Wilson, retiring. The last day is Nov. 21. Photos contributed, Jerry Hunt kAm%96 A@DE D2:5 E96 4@FA=6 92G6 925 E96 C6DE2FC2?E[ =@42E65 2E `c`b &]$] wHJ] f_[ r@??6==J $AC:?8D[ 7@C ?62C=J b_ J62CD]k^AmkAm“x 92G6 >2?J >6>@C:6D 96C6 2D 2 49:=5 U2>Aj E9C@F89 @FE >J 6?E:C6 =:76[ 3FE x 2> DFA6C 92AAJ 7@C >J A2C6?ED E@ @77:4:2==J ‘C6E:C6[’” D96 D2:5] “(6 =@G6 J@F $2?5C2 U2>Aj sH2J?6 W|@> U2>Aj s25XP”k^Am People are also reading… Burke County manufacturing facility lays off 50 employees due to contract cancellation Burke County Public Schools, administrators sued by victim of former teacher convicted of sex crimes 3 people from Burke County charged after 135 grams of meth found in car 29-year-old ɫ man struck, killed by truck while walking in middle of U.S. 70 Skeletal remains found by railroad tracks in Valdese near Praley Street SW on Tuesday Top police investigator accused of siding with child sex predator — again Hickory restaurant opens doors for breakfast, lunch, dinner. "It's like a big chef's table." Meet the Catawba County sophomore whose GPA is as high as his 40-yard dash time Equipment malfunction blamed for too-deep rumble strips on highway between ɫ and Lenoir Don't want illicit sex parlors in your town? Here's how one city kicked them all out. Iconic Connelly Springs restaurant to close; owners have run restaurant for 30 years 'Step Up For Valdese' candidates sweep town council, mayoral election Cop raped female inmate, then handed her a stack of napkins. Is it a bigger pattern? North Carolina man — known as 'Big Candy' — celebrates his Halloween birthday with celebration ɫ to add extra police patrol to areas where there is more speeding, crashes kAm%96 4@FA=6 3@F89E E96 AC@A6CEJ :? yF=J `hhe 7C@> q@J5 2?5 tG2 (:=D@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ qFC<6 r@F?EJ =2?5 C64@C5D] q@J5 2?5 tG2 (:=D@? AFC492D65 E96 AC@A6CEJ :? pAC:= `hf`[ C64@C5D D9@H]k^Am kAm%96 `[e__\DBF2C6\7@@E C6DE2FC2?E H2D 3F:=E :? `hc_[ 4@F?EJ =2?5 C64@C5D D2J]k^Am Chicken In The Basket is closing. Photo contributed, Jerry Hunt kAm%96 C6DE2FC2?E 92D =@?8 366? <?@H? 7@C :ED 4C:DAJ 7C:65 49:4<6?[ 92>3FC86C DE62<[ 92>3FC86CD 2?5 4966D63FC86CD 2?5 @?:@? C:?8D]k^Am Have you ever been to Chicken in the Basket? You voted: Yes No Vote View Results Back 0 Comments Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Satisfy your cravings With our weekly newsletter packed with the latest in everything food. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Sharon McBrayer Reporter Author email Follow Sharon McBrayer Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Most Popular Hickory restaurant opens doors for breakfast, lunch, dinner. "It's like a big chef's table." “We are like a New-York style deli by day and a farm-to-table restaurant by night,” co-owner Calvin Reyes said. Looking to dine-out on Thanksgiving? These restaurants in the area will be open These local restaurants will be serving up Thanksgiving classics like sweet potato pie and turkey. Peruvian restaurant relocates to Newton, bringing “an explosion of flavor” to downtown space “We loved this opportunity and like Newton because it's growing. There’s some bars and restaurants here. We think this will be a good place to… Taste food from 16 countries at festival this Saturday in ɫ. Here's where and when. Try food ranging from Guatemalan tortillas to Hmong eggrolls to traditional polish pirogues.
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Hickory restaurant opens doors for breakfast, lunch, dinner. "It's like a big chef's table." “We are like a New-York style deli by day and a farm-to-table restaurant by night,” co-owner Calvin Reyes said.
Looking to dine-out on Thanksgiving? These restaurants in the area will be open These local restaurants will be serving up Thanksgiving classics like sweet potato pie and turkey.
Peruvian restaurant relocates to Newton, bringing “an explosion of flavor” to downtown space “We loved this opportunity and like Newton because it's growing. There’s some bars and restaurants here. We think this will be a good place to…
Taste food from 16 countries at festival this Saturday in ɫ. Here's where and when. Try food ranging from Guatemalan tortillas to Hmong eggrolls to traditional polish pirogues.
