Woody's Chicken

Woody's Chicken Thank you all for the amazing turn out! Stay tuned for more🤎

Huge shout out to 618 Drone Service for capturing this for us! Beyond grateful for each and every one of you🫶
01/19/2026

Huge shout out to 618 Drone Service for capturing this for us! Beyond grateful for each and every one of you🫶

01/19/2026

ALTON… WHAT?! 🤯❤️ 2:04am!
You all showed up and showed OUT!

From the bottom of our hearts… THANK YOU.

• Thank you to Rick for sharing your space with us and for all the work you put in behind the scenes!
• Thank you to the Alton Little Theater for lending us your lot and bathrooms for the day!
• Thank you to every single person who helped take orders, cook, direct traffic, run errands — all of the things. We see how tirelessly you all worked, we appreciate every single one of you, and we truly couldn’t have survived the day without you.
• Thank you to APD, the city, and all agencies for being so gracious to us and helping keep this day flowing and safe.
• Thank you to Riverbender, WBGZ, The Telegraph, 618 Drones, FOX 2 News, and everyone else for helping us announce, share, and remember this amazing day!
•Thank you to our grandpa, Woody, who started a restaurant that became a family, almost 67 years ago. He would have been mind-blown by the outpouring love you all showed us today❤️

But the most important thank you goes to this community.
To each and every one of you who came out and supported us… YOU are our why. YOU are what we missed.
We are beyond grateful for every single one of you — for your patience, your time, and your smiling faces after waiting 10–12 hours.

We could’ve never predicted this turnout. No matter where this goes in the future, you just gave us one of the best Woody’s memories we could’ve ever imagined.

Stay tuned here for any and all upcoming news! 🐔❤️
Love, Nate and Lili

01/19/2026

UPDATE: The line has been cut off— Anyone already in line will get their orders!!

01/18/2026

UPDATE: We are upping the limit to 3 per person in each vehicle!!
The line is still very long, we know. THANK you for bearing with us through this. We are SO SO grateful.❤️

01/18/2026

UPDATE:
We are experiencing  some issues with the fryers. ETA to fix is 15 minutes. Orders will continue to go out as they come up. We apologize for the wait. 

01/18/2026

❗️❗️ we are not taking walk ups❗️❗️

01/18/2026

🔥 OKAY ALTON… WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU 🔥

This thread is REVIEWS ONLY so we can keep it easy to read for everyone
(If you have questions, please head to our last post!)

As you come out and try the new Woody’s tenders, drop your review in the comments! 👇

ALL reviews welcome… as long as you actually tried it 😉

This is just our TRIAL RUN— we need all of your feedback.

Thank you all so much for showing up and supporting us!

Hello Greater Alton area! 😁⏱️ The 24 hour countdown has started. Are you ready? 👀🔥PLEASE read this post prior to arrival...
01/17/2026

Hello Greater Alton area! 😁

⏱️ The 24 hour countdown has started. Are you ready? 👀🔥

PLEASE read this post prior to arrival.
For any questions, I’ve included an FAQ at the bottom.

First, a HUGE thank you shoutout to our local businesses helping make this possible:
— King Ric’s Food Truck
— Mr. Everything
— Alton Little Theater
We appreciate you more than you know! 🤎



WHEN:

Sunday, January 18th — 10AM until sold out
🚫 WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING PRE-ORDERS



WHERE:

📍 Mr. Everything’s Parking Lot
🚚 King Ric’s Food Truck
211 E Elm St. Alton, IL 62002



WHAT:

Our menu will be small for the trial run — to keep this as smooth as possible.

—3pc chicken TENDERS in the Woody’s recipe $10 (includes roll + BBQ sauce)
— Woody’s Slaw $2
❗️ THERE IS NO BONE-IN CHICKEN
❗️WHEN WE SELL OUT, WE SELL OUT



HOW: (PLEASE READ)

Okay party people — this is going to be a strict ship to ensure order, smoothness, and most importantly SAFETY!!

We have attached images from multiple angles showing how to pull in and continue the line.
(Please note this is a visual, not exact… I am also no artist 😅)

We will form 2 lines in the Mr. Everything parking lot FIRST, as shown below.

🚗 We will line as many cars in the Alton Little Theater parking lot as our “next in line.”
Remaining cars will line down N Henry St.

⚠️ DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS, THE ROAD, OR PARKED CARS.

When pulling into the Alton Little Theater parking lot, you will take an immediate left and follow the cones to weave through the lot.

As a car leaves the Mr. Everything lot, the next car will be directed to pull:
➡️ from Alton Little Theater → Mr. Everything
➡️ from N Henry → Alton Little Theater

We will have people in the parking lots to assist with these logistics.

Once in the Mr. Everything parking lot — we will come to your car, take your order, take your payment, and bring your food and change/card back out to you.

✅ You do NOT need to leave your vehicle at any time during this process.



FAQ:

WHAT PAYMENT METHODS WILL YOU ACCEPT?

💵 Cash or 💳 card!

IS THERE AN ORDER LIMIT?

Yes — to be sure we get through as many customers as possible:
2 orders of tenders per person in each vehicle.
EXAMPLE: if there is one person in the vehicle, you may purchase up to 2 orders; if there are 2 people in the vehicle, you may purchase up to 4 orders; etc.

CAN WE WALK UP OR IS IT VEHICLES ONLY?

Of course you can walk up! Please just be patient — we will also be taking vehicle orders in the lot FIRST.

WILL THERE BE A WAIT TIME?

We are very prepared to see as many of you as possible and as quickly as possible.
However, the line may catch up to us at some point.

HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN/IF YOU’RE SOLD OUT?

We are very prepared, but if we get to a point we are running low, we will post a warning announcement on Facebook.
When/if we officially sell out, we will notify you via Facebook as well.

IT’S GOING TO BE SO COLD… WILL WE HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE?

Absolutely not! Everyone will remain in their cars for this process.
You will NOT HAVE to exit your vehicle at any point.

If you choose to walk up, we cannot guarantee it will be a short wait — vehicles already in line will be helped first.

CAN WE TAKE PHOTOS?

YES! We encourage you to take as many photos as you please and share them wherever you’d like!
Just tag us — we want to be in on the fun 😉📸

CAN WE BOOK YOU FOR EVENTS?

We are so grateful for all these comments and messages! 🤎
However, this is a trial run and we don’t have anything set in stone yet.
That being said — stay up to date on our plans and calendar opening right here on Facebook!

IS THIS THE WOODEN FAMILY?

Well of course! 😁
You can expect to see quite a few familiar family faces — and ALL of us are excited to see you again!

See you tomorrow, Alton!🤗

01/16/2026

48 HOURS 👀
Alton gets to experience the Woody’s recipe again… in a whole new way ✨

📍 Mr. Everything Parking Lot
(King Ric’s Food Truck)
211 E Elm St — Alton, IL
🕙 Sunday @ 10AM (until sold out)

And don’t worry… we’re very READY for this 😅
While it may take a little while to get through everyone, we are as prepared as possible!

🚗 PLEASE make sure you check our page before Sunday morning — we’ll be posting all the logistics (line formation, parking, etc.) tomorrow, so we can keep everything smooth and safe!

01/14/2026

The time has come!⏱️

Your Alton-famous Woody’s is making a comeback… with a couple twists 👀

Same recipe. Same family. Same batter.
But ✨ on chicken tenders + a food truck ✨

This is a trial run — but it’s not a one-time thing. 😉

If this has the turn out we’re hoping for, Woodys fried chicken AND new chicken tenders could make a full comeback… but we need to know you want it!🔥

Come out and show us how much you miss Woody’s THIS Sunday, January 18th
🕙 10 AM until we’re sold out

📍 Mr. Everything parking lot
(King Ric’s Food Truck)
211 E Elm St.
Alton

Is anyone still here?👀 ---We have an announcement coming at 12pm today!
01/14/2026

Is anyone still here?👀
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We have an announcement coming at 12pm today!

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