Kim Prince will close her genre-defining Crenshaw restaurant Hotville Chicken (@hotvillechicken) this month on December 18, three years and one day after first debuting at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. Prince, a Nashville native and direct descendant of the original creators of Nashville-style hot chicken, had struggled to find her footing in a crowded LA hot chicken market that often failed to connect her Prince family name to the founders of the food a century ago. Still, despite setbacks, a pandemic, and a recent break-in at the 2,800-square-foot restaurant — which saw two safes stolen as burglars broke through several walls of the structure — Prince says that she’s looking forward to a new future for Hotville Chicken, even if it means partially looking back. Click on the link in bio to read the breaking closure news by Eater LA deputy editor Farley Elliott (@overoverunder) with photo by @wonhophoto