Spicy chicken restaurant concepts continue to expand
/Hot chicken concepts, as in "spicy chicken" continue to be hot, as in "popular" and "in demand."
Think of Joella’s Hot Chicken, Hot Chicken Takeover, Hot Chi Chicken, Sonny & Sons, Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Howlin’ Ray’s, Prince's Hot Chicken, Urban Bird Hot Chicken, Haven Hot Chicken, Hangry Joe's Franchising Hot Chicken, Dave's Hot Chicken... The list goes on and on.
Hot chicken concepts are definitely expanding nationwide. For example, Dave's is aiming to open 150 restaurant in 2025, according to Dannon Shiff, Dave's senior vice president of real estate.
Dave's likes restaurants between 2,000 and 3,000 square feet with the ideal prototype being 2,500 square feet. It seeks new or second-generation space in single-tenant buildings, neighborhood centers, food court locations at enclosed malls, entertainment centers, travel centers and other locations.
If there are no Dave's Hot Chicken restaurants where you live, you can visit one at the at the Grand Bazaar Shops on the Las Vegas Strip or a food court location at the Miracle Mile Shops when you come out for the ICSC convention in May.
Read more: Dave’s Hot Chicken Aims for 150 New Locations a Year (ICSC Commerce + Communities Today)