Season 2 Episode 11 of Breaking Bad, titled Mandela.

Introduced viewers to a character who would become the series' most memorable antagonist,

Gus Fring portrayed with deadpan menace by veteran character actor Giancarlo Esposito.

Fring, who are the course of multiple seasons, will alternately employ and threaten series

leads Walt and Jesse, oversaw a crystal-meth empire that stretched from New Mexico to old,

all while outwardly appearing to be an upstanding member of the community because of his front,

a chain of quick-service restaurants called Los Poyles Hermannos, the chicken brothers.

The south of the border-style chicken joint that served as the covert distributor of Walter

White's blue math across the land of Enchantment was reportedly inspired by an actual chicken

joint that first opened in Guisave, Cinelloa, Mexico in 1975, though founder Juan Francisco

Ochoa was never suspected of using it to cover up an international criminal conspiracy.

The quick-service restaurants original menu, just citrus-marinated flame-grilled chicken,

tortillas and salsa, was a hit with locals.

In 1980, there were 85 locations throughout Mexico, so Ochoa grew his franchise across

the border with its first American location on Los Angeles' historic Alvarado Street.

The unique chain found a fanbase in Socal and later across the American Southwest as

it expanded a 200-outlets by 1990 and expanded its U.S. menu to include an array of sides

and more accessible handheld options like burritos and quesadillas.

The Mexican export became enough of a staple in the states that it was even featured on

an episode of NBC's The Apprentice, starring, of course, famously hostile to Hispanics' host

Donald Trump.

Now with over 400 locations in 42 years of history, this chicken shack has made its grill

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