Food icon: Gus Rickette of Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken turns 100 this year in Chicago
- Posted on February 3, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Food icon: Gus Rickette of Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken turns 100 this year in Chicago

The legend and his late wife co-founded the Black-owned business in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of the city.