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Food July 8, 2020

Lay's introduces 5 new chip flavors featuring famous foods from iconic American restaurants

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Good news food fans, some of America's most iconic dishes -- from Philly cheesesteaks to Los Angeles street tacos -- have been reinvented in chip form so you can get a taste of the cross-country cuisine without leaving your hometown.

Lay's unveiled five new Flavor Icons, each one inspired by a famous dish in the U.S., that claim to replicate the beloved foods' full flavors.

PHOTO: New York-style pizza potato chips from the new Lay's Flavor Icons.
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New York-style pizza potato chips from the new Lay's Flavor Icons.

For New York City pizza lovers, there's a Grimaldi's-inspired kettle cooked variety that delivers the Italian classic without having to be in Brooklyn.

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For folks with a craving for some Southern fare, the Nashville hot chicken chip was inspired by Music City USA's hotspot, Party Fowl.

PHOTO: Nashville hot chicken Lay's from the new Flavor Icons collection
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Nashville hot chicken Lay's from the new Flavor Icons collection

The cheesesteak is the undisputed most famous food in the city of brotherly love.

PHOTO: Lay's Philly cheesesteak chips inspired by Geno's Steaks.
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Lay's Philly cheesesteak chips inspired by Geno's Steaks.

And although a chip can't come close to the experience of a steamy storefront with the sound of a sizzling griddle, piles of thinly sliced steak and cheese whiz, Lay's recreated a chip to transport people's tastebuds to Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia.

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The all-American chip tour continues with a wavy option out of California inspired by a carnitas street taco from El Torito in Los Angeles.

PHOTO: Lay's wavy carnitas street taco chips inspired by El Torito in Los Angeles.
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Lay's wavy carnitas street taco chips inspired by El Torito in Los Angeles.
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Finally, Lay’s cooked up some serious Southwestern flavor with its chile relleno chip.

PHOTO: Chile Relleno flavored Lay's chips from the Flavor Icons line.
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Chile Relleno flavored Lay's chips from the Flavor Icons line.

It is made to taste like the gooey, Monterey Jack-cheese filled charred, battered and fried green chile available at Cocina Azul in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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The new Flavor Icons potato chips will be available in stores beginning July 13, with the chile relleno flavor sold exclusively at Walmart and 7-Eleven.

In the current environment, with consumers relegated to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic, Lay's said this new line "may just offer the best of both worlds."