Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken will join the Manhattan fast food scene late this year, according to an announcement from the company.<\/p>\n
A job listing for general manager of the restaurant lists its future location as 214 Leavenworth St. \u2014 the former location of Taco John\u2019s, which closed Feb. 23.<\/p>\n
The chain also announced a location coming to the east side of Wichita at 2692 N Greenwich Road in the Greenwich Place shopping center, with an anticipated opening in August 2026. Additional restaurants are planned in Lawrence, Topeka and west Wichita, with openings expected throughout 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis opportunity represents a major step forward for our family as we continue to build a multi-generational business together,\u201d said Jason Hotchkiss, one of the restaurant\u2019s operators. \u201cWhat started as a new venture to grow with Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken has evolved into something much bigger, establishing a lasting family legacy. We\u2019re thrilled to expand into Manhattan and Wichita and to bring the energy and culture of Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken to each of these communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Founded in Los Angeles by Arman Oganesyan and chef Dave Kopushyan, along with brothers Tommy and Gary Rubenyan in early 2017, Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken initially opened as a parking lot pop-up serving Nashville-style hot chicken.<\/p>\n
\u201cExpanding into three different regions with an experienced team is a vast milestone for us,\u201d said Jim Bitticks, CEO of Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken.<\/p>\n
Business representatives said they plan to continue expanding to key markets like Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken will join the Manhattan fast food scene late this year, according to an announcement from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[28488,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-245728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-dave","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}