The owner of Roaming Rooster first saw the tweet praising his fried chicken sandwich around 9 p.m. one night last week. The following morning, the line was out the door.

A fried chicken sandwich with honey butter. Photo courtesy of Roaming Rooster. Sandwiches run the heat spectrum from mild to medium and hot. Roaming Rooster’s most popular patty— and co-founder ...

Washington, D.C.'s black-owned Roaming Rooster is booming with business in the wake of the Popeyes-Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich war.