In a city with a lot of excellent fried chicken, but with few spots serving it in the Nashville hot style (outside of Sisters and Brothers), the chain will likely be a hit in whatever neighborhood it sets up in. The shops also serve fries and milkshakes. Each spice level is made with a different blend of spices and have unique flavors, not just varying degrees of capsaicin. The brand keeps a simple menu, with options for tenders and fried chicken sliders loaded up with kale slaw, pickles, and sauce, with seven spice levels from no spice to the intensely - perhaps dangerously - spicy, “reaper” option that is only available to customers who sign a waiver. Drake’s sizable stake in the brand, especially, has brought publicity to the chain.įor whatever reason, Dave’s Hot Chicken has stayed out of Washington until this year, despite opening a location near Portland in 2021. Jackson, and Good Morning America anchor and retired NFL player Michael Strahan.

Since opening, Dave’s Hot Chicken has gotten a lot of attention for a series of celebrity investors like musical artist Drake, former California First Lady Maria Shriver, Red Sox owner Tom Werner, actor Samuel L.

It rapidly took off, and with a 2019 deal with Wetzel’s Pretzels co-founder and former CEO, Bill Phelps, and movie producer John Davis, the business has since sold the franchise rights for 599 locations.

The company announced today that it had signed a deal to open up ten locations in the Seattle area and is actively looking for real estate.ĭave’s Hot Chicken launched as a pop-up in an East Hollywood parking lot by Arman Oganesyan and chef Dave Kopushyan, along with brothers Tommy and Gary Rubenyan in 2017. Dave’s Hot Chicken, a wildly popular California-born Nashville hot chicken franchise, is finally coming to Washington after opening hundreds of locations in other parts of the country.

Dave's hot chicken coming soon