National hot chicken chain is moving into Garner and Cary with new locations
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- Dave’s Hot Chicken will open new locations in Garner and Cary this year.
- The Garner restaurant will be a 2,500 square foot stand‑alone at 220 Cabela Dr.
- The Triangle Dave's Hot Chicken franchise originally planned six restaurants.
The Triangle apparently likes its chicken spicy, as a searingly hot fast food brand continues to expand.
Dave’s Hot Chicken will open two more Wake County locations this year, bringing the restaurant count up to five.
The newest Dave’s location will go into 220 Cabela Dr., in Garner, joining the shopping center with Bass Pro Shops, Long Horn Steakhouse and Starbucks. This Dave’s is being built as a stand-alone 2,500 square foot restaurant at the corner of Cabela Dr and US Hwy 70.
Dave’s Hot Chicken, a California-based spicy chicken chain, opened its first Triangle location in Wake Forest in 2023 and has since added locations in Holly Springs and Raleigh. The brand also plans to open a Cary location this Fall, The News & Observer previously reported.
The Triangle Dave’s Hot Chicken franchise is owned by married couple Russell and Loreen Hansen. The original deal was for six restaurants, but VP of operations Larry Holcomb said in a phone interview that more locations may be added.
Holcomb said that both Cary’s location at 4675 N.C. 55 in the Alston Town Center, and the Garner location, will open by the end of the year.
For future locations, Holcomb said that Dave’s Hot Chicken is eying Durham and Chapel Hill.
