Boston Market 2 with Dewayne Perkins

"Boston Market 2 with Dewayne Perkins" is Episode 277 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Boston Market 2 with Dewayne Perkins" was released on November 12, 2020.

## Synopsis

Dewayne Perkins (*The Break with Michelle Wolf*, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, *The Amber Ruffin Show*) joins the 'boys to talk Chicago, Thanksgiving, theme park eats and Boston Market. Plus, the debut of A Single Item Must Be Banished.

## Nick's intro

Unless you're a business reporter in the food-service industry, there's little chance you've heard of Engage Brands LLC or its parent company, the Rohan Group. But this sort of Russian nesting doll of corporate stewardship, with names that evoke the villainous corporations from a zombie video game, is the norm in the chain-restaurant sector, as it has become in the economy at large.

The Rohan Group of Companies, founded and controlled by Philadelphia businessman and real-estate mogul, Jignesh Pandya, has a stake in Pizza Hut and Checkers/Rally's and in 2007, it acquired a quick-service family-style diner chain from private-equity group, Sun Capital Partners, which itself owns throwback burger diner, Johnny Rockets, and regional seafood chain, Captain D's, in addition to stakes in oil exploration and orthodontics practices. And Sun Capital had first acquired this commodity from its previous corporate owner, McDonald's, which originally planned to cannibalize its real-estate holdings, but instead flipped it for a profit.

The game of hot potato with this potato purveyor goes back to the chain's founding in 1985 by Steven Kolow and Arthur Cores in Newton, Massachusetts, who named for the nearby New England metropolis plus the rotisserie chicken that was its flagship product. After a decade of operation and regional expansion, 'Chicken' was subbed for a more general catch-all term to encompass its non-poultry offerings and the chain went national.

Today, with over 450 restaurants and a line of licensed frozen meals available in grocery stores, the New England concept continues to offer family-style fare as part of the sprawling, but opaque, family known as the Rohan Group.

This week on *Doughboys*, we return to Boston Market.

## Fork rating

The Doughboys' first review of Boston Market was way back in episode 15; Nick and Mitch each gave it 3.5 forks.

* Creamed Spinach
* Sweet Potato Casserole
* Mac & Cheese
* Cornbread
* Prime Rib [Natalie's order]
 Mike Mitchell
* 1/2 Roasted Garlic & Herb Chicken
* Chicken Carver Sandwich
* Mashed Potatoes
* Sweet Corn
* Mac & Cheese
 Dewayne Perkins
	+ Roasted Turkey
	+ Mashed Potatoes
	+ Mac & Cheese
	+ Sweet Corn

## A Single Item Must Be Banished 🚫

This is the debut of a A Single Item Must Be Banished, where Nick shares a food group, and they decide which option is unnecessary.

For this episode, Emma joined in, as Dewayne had to leave.

The theme was a Thanksgiving dinner.

## Photos

Prime Rib and Mashed Potatoes1/2 Dark-Meat Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken, Mac & Cheese, Creamed SpinachSaladCornbreadSweet Potato Casserole1/2 Garlic and Herb Roasted Chicken, Sweet Corn, Mashed PotatoesMac & CheeseChicken Carver SandwichChicken Carver Sandwich