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.

Read Egan's reporting here.

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