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Fast food restaurants are constantly tinkering with their menus, and new additions frequently come at the expense of longtime staples that suddenly disappear. That includes the potato wedges that KFC cruelly took from us in 2020, but the chain has finally caved to the pressure to (temporarily) bring them back.
It sort of goes without saying that chicken has always been the star of the show at KFC. With that said, the chain has always offered a variety of sides since Colonel Sanders opened the first outpost in North Corbin, Kentucky in 1930, a little more than 20 years before the first franchise opened in Salt Lake City.
The menu that customers could peruse in the 1950s featured some sides that KFC offers to this day, including mashed potatoes and cole slaw (others, including chicken gizzards and livers, have become a thing of the past).
That menu also boasted the French fries that are currently available with every meal. However, that’s a relatively new development, as the chain had spent a few decades setting itself apart from the pack with the potato wedges that long served as the go-to option for anyone in the mood for some deep-fried spuds to complement their fried chicken.
It’s been five years since that option was taken from us during the pandemic, and if you’ve been hoping to see them make a return, your prayers have been answered.
KFC is giving the people what they want by resurrecting potato wedges for a limited time
Potato wedges arrived at KFC in the mid-1990s, and they stayed on the menu before the brand made the controversial decision to replace them with run-of-the-mill fries seasoned with a mix inspired by the original recipe blend in 2020 (which aren’t terrible but still didn’t really stand up against the rest of the competition when I ranked the best one the fast food world has to offer).
Earlier this year, we got a glimmer of hope when KFC announced it was going to start serving up potato wedges at a single location in Tampa, and according to a press release, that experiment was a success to the point where they’ll start being served up at restaurants around the United States beginning on August 18th.
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— KFC (@kfc) August 11, 2025
The revival is being positioned as a limited-time development, as customers are being advised to get the wedges “while supplies last.” With that said, Catherine Tan-Gillespie, the KFC president who oversees the brand’s operations in America, cited the move as “an example of how we’re turning feedback into action,” so there’s always a chance this could end up being a more permanent move if the demand is there.