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Chicken Shack is a Michigan-based restaurant chain .. The first one was opened in Royal Oak , Michigan by John Sobeck and Iola Sobeck in 1956 .. It did so well , that a second Royal Oak location on Woodward Ave. opened up a couple of years later .. Chicken Shack has always been a family run company and continues that tradition to this day .. John and Iola 's children Mark , Michelle , and Cheryl have always worked in the business , and their grandchildren Philip Sobeck and Neil Sobeck have very active roles in the business today .. Today it has 21 locations in the greater Detroit area .