{"id":140812,"date":"2026-01-20T01:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140812\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:29:17","slug":"houston-tx-hot-chicken-locations-in-bakersfield-temporarily-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140812\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston TX Hot Chicken locations in Bakersfield temporarily close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The two Bakersfield locations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhc.ooo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston TX Hot Chicken;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston TX Hot Chicken<\/a> have temporarily closed to work on \u201ca strategic evaluation of future options,\u201d according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s unclear when the restaurants closed \u2014 or what the future holds.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Chicken sandwich and fries at Houston TX Hot Chicken on Rosedale Highway. File image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7a80f54b8b8787335415eee043b91445.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chicken sandwich and fries at Houston TX Hot Chicken on Rosedale Highway. File image<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In response to questions from 17 News, Houston TX Hot Chicken senior account supervisor Katey Smart emailed the following:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTwo Bakersfield locations are temporarily closed as the brand conducts a strategic evaluation of future options in the market. These locations were independently operated, and no final decisions have been made at this time. We will share updates when plans are finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Known for chicken tenders and hot sandwiches ranging in spice level from no spice to \u201cHouston, We Have a Problem!\u201d \u2014 which requires customers to sign a waiver \u2014 Houston TX Hot Chicken has more than 20 locations in Texas, California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Idaho, Michigan and Ohio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The two Bakersfield locations of Houston TX Hot Chicken have temporarily closed to work&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,71043,71044,6666],"class_list":{"0":"post-140812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news","11":"tag-chicken-sandwich","12":"tag-hot-chicken","13":"tag-houston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}