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KFC

Kentucky Roast Beef
Food

When KFC Tried to Build a Roast Beef Empire

Mickey Yarber

For a brief moment in the 1960s, the Colonel tried to expand his kingdom with Kentucky Roast Beef, a forgotten venture that proved not every roadside dream could match his famous chicken.

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