{"id":24100,"date":"2025-04-16T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24100\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T06:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:56:10","slug":"restaurant-with-queues-down-the-street-answers-question-everyones-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24100\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant with queues down the street answers question everyone’s asking"},"content":{"rendered":"

A social media post by the ECHO was flooded with the same question<\/p>\n

12:28, 15 Apr 2025Updated 12:32, 15 Apr 2025<\/p>\n

\"WingstopWingstop staff on Lord Street, Liverpool(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

Wingstop has answered the one question everyone in Liverpool has been asking. The launch of the city’s first site <\/a>saw massive queues stretch through the city centre as foodies eagerly awaited to get their hands on some chicken.<\/a><\/p>\n

Barriers and security were put in place outside the Lord Street restaurant, with some customers camping out from as early as 3am. Wingstop<\/a> is known for its wide selection of chicken items including wings, boneless pieces and tenders.<\/p>\n

There are more than 10 flavours available<\/a> including mango habanero, Brazilian citrus pepper, garlic parmesan and atomic, along with a range of dips.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the launch, Wingstop<\/a> treated the first 100 customers through the door with a free eight-piece chicken meal of their choice. However, prior to this the ECHO<\/a> was invited down to the premises for a first look before it opened to the public.<\/p>\n

\"WingstopWingstop on Lord Street, Liverpool.(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

After ECHO reporter Christoper Megrath’s TikTok<\/a> of the venue went viral – with over 215,000 views – the comments section was flooded with the same query.<\/p>\n

Many social media users were wondering if the new site was going to be serving halal food. A Wingstop spokesperson confirmed to the ECHO<\/a> it would be doing so, just like it does with all it other sites.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added: “All of our restaurants serve Halal chicken. Our suppliers are halal certified and are leading suppliers of halal chicken.<\/p>\n

“We take our responsibility to animal welfare seriously and would like to reassure customers that all our halal chickens are pre-stunned to minimise suffering and fear before they’re hand-slaughtered, in adherence to Islamic principles. Our suppliers’ halal certifications are available upon request in our restaurants.”<\/p>\n

\"WingstopWingstop on Lord Street, Liverpool(Image: Colin Lane\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n

Halal food refers to food that is permissible to eat according to Islamic law and therefore suitable for members of the Muslim community to consume.<\/p>\n

The term Halal, which is Arabic, encompasses a variety of dietary guidelines – including focusing on the way animals are treated and the ingredients used in food preparation.<\/p>\n

For meat to be considered halal, the animal must be slaughtered in a specific way, known as “zabiha”. This involves a swift, humane cut to the throat while invoking the name of God. The animal must also be healthy at the time of slaughter.<\/p>\n

Halal food also must not have come into contact with strictly forbidden items (haram) in Islam. This includes pork, its by-products and alcohol. Similarly, halal food must be prepared and cooked using utensils and equipment that have not been contaminated with haram substances.<\/p>\n

Processed foods must be carefully checked for halal certification. This includes ensuring that no haram ingredients are used, such as gelatin derived from non-halal sources.<\/p>\n

Many food products come with halal certification from recognised organisations, which ensures that they meet all the necessary requirements for halal consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A social media post by the ECHO was flooded with the same question 12:28, 15 Apr 2025Updated 12:32,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,786,4884,14983,179,2349,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-24100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-food-and-drink","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-halal-food","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-liverpool-city-centre","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114346340266929887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}