



The dishes’ origin starts at Prince’s Hot Chicken in Nashville, but the dish has made it nationwide over the last 10 or so years. Jackson, Good Morning America host and former NFL player Michael Strahan, and former journalist and California First Lady Maria Shriver.Ĭhicago has plenty of Nashville hot chicken spots from Fry The Coop to Budlong. Notable investors include actor Samuel L. Dave’s brokered a deal in 2019 with Bill Phelps - co-founder of Wetzel’s Pretzels - to sell franchising rights to 300 locations in the U.S. The chain offers fried tenders in seven levels of heat from no-heat to “reaper” which includes one of those cute waivers for customers to sign warning them of the intense heat that could lead to GI trouble. Dave’s Hot Chicken is opening in Naperville. Western Avenue, which is just north of Lane Tech High School. A rep also says Dave’s is coming to North Center sometime in quarter four at 3643 N. The first location in Chicago proper should in late 2021. Ownership plans to open 16 locations across the city and suburbs. The Naperville location, 2736 Showplace Drive, should open on Friday, July 30, according to a rep. Dave’s has opened in Vegas, Colorado, Toronto, Dallas, and San Diego.ĭave’s made its intentions to enter the Chicago market known in 2020. After humble beginnings where cooks fried up spicy tenders at a tented parking lot, Dave’s found investors willing to open restaurants across the country. An LA phenomenon, Dave’s Hot Chicken - a sandwich shop that drew massive late-night lines when it debuted as a pop-up in 2017 - is this week arriving in the Chicago area, starting with suburban Naperville.
