Dave's Hot Chicken Plans New Georgia Location In Columbus

COLUMBUS, GA- A new California-based eatery has revealed plans for a new location in Columbus. The location in the Fountain City comes just weeks after the company opened their first location in the Peach State in the Atlanta suburb on Conyers. The location that opened in August in Conyers was previously announced as partnership between R&B superstar Usher Raymond and a franchise group headed by Lawrence Kourie and Andrew Feghali, who were key players in the companies initial franchise and expansion efforts that began in 2020. The franchise partnership announced several locations would be revealed in the Metro Atlanta market. There had not previously been a mention of a new location in the Greater Columbus metro.

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Last week signs appeared outside of a property at 5279 Whittlesey Blvd in Columbus announcing Dave's Hot Chicken would be coming soon. The location was previously housed Atlanta-based Willy's Mexicana Cantina. The location closed its doors several months ago and had been opened in Columbus since 2016.

Dave's Hot Chicken is a start-up founded in a parking lot by three friends in California in 2017. The friends all of whom were in their 20s scraped together $900 to have their grand opening with folding tables and a portable fryer in a parking lot in East Hollywood. Word of mouth helped the company grow through social media and a reporter came along from a Los Angeles area publication and surged the companies popularity as the company has now expanded to several states.

In the summer of 2023 it was reported that Dave's Hot Chicken had planned to bring at least eight locations to the Greater Atlanta area as well as one to Athens as demand for the company was growing in the Peach State.

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Dave's Hot Chicken plans to open a new location in the former Willy's Mexicana Cantina location near Columbus Park Crossing.

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Building permits show a permit was filed with the City of Columbus to make building alterations for the new Dave's Hot Chicken at 5279 Whittlesey Blvd in August of 2024. The exact nature of the building alterations have not been revealed at this time.

Dave's Hot Chicken is just one of a handful of new restaurants that is heading to the area near the Columbus Park Crossing development. Stay tuned with The Chattahoochee Voice for updates on this development and others heading to the Fountain City.