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ABOUT US
Slick Chicken is a chef-driven rotisserie chicken restaurant created by Chef-Owner Majid Mayahi and restaurateur Moe Taleb, bringing together two restaurant journeys and one simple idea:
Make really great chicken and serve it at a fair price.
Majid brings an international culinary background shaped by Montreal, Dubai, Orange County, and San Diego. Moe brings more than 25 years of experience building and operating restaurants, catering companies, and hospitality concepts.
Chef-Driven Kitchen
At Slick Chicken, chef-driven is more than a phrase. Our cooks are culinary students, aspiring chefs, and cooks working under deep culinary direction. We want the people preparing your food to understand the craft behind it – seasoning, marinades, technique, timing, consistency, presentation, and respect for the ingredients.
That is part of our philosophy: develop people as we develop the food. Give young culinary talent a place to learn, work alongside experienced professionals, and take pride in doing simple food exceptionally well.
Slick Chicken brings together Chef-Owner Majid Mayahi and restaurateur Moe Taleb.
Majid's culinary journey has taken him from Montreal to Dubai, Orange County, and San Diego, including serving as Executive Chef at Leila.
Moe brings 25+ years of restaurant, catering, and hospitality experience.
Together, they created Slick Chicken around one idea: Chef-driven food without chef-driven prices.
Great Food Doesn’t Need to Be Complicated.
Slick Chicken brings together two different restaurant journeys with one shared belief: Great food doesn’t need to be complicated.
Their paths came together around a simple question: What if we took everything we know about restaurants and focused it on making really great chicken?
Not a 100-item menu. Not food that needs an explanation. Just quality chicken, carefully developed marinades, simple ingredients, great sides, generous portions, and real value.
That idea became Slick Chicken.
When it came time to choose where to build it, San Diego’s College Area felt right. With SDSU nearby, longtime residents, young families, students, and a growing food community, it’s exactly the kind of neighborhood where we want Slick Chicken to grow.
We’re not interested in simply opening another chicken restaurant. We want to build a neighborhood restaurant people make part of their lives.
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Built for the Neighborhood
Located in San Diego’s College Area near SDSU, Slick Chicken was built for students, families, neighbors, hospitality people, and anyone who appreciates really good food at a price that makes sense. We’re not trying to be another chicken chain. We’re building a neighborhood restaurant people can make part of their lives.
