Hot chicken sliders and tenders restaurant coming to KCK shopping center
A Nashville-style hot chicken fast casual chain is opening inside a Kansas City-area shopping center this month.
Dave’s Hot Chicken, known for its hot chicken tenders, sliders and bites is set to open in a 2,533-square-foot space next to the Panera at 1717 Village West Parkway at Tanger Kansas City at Legends, according to a news release from the outlet mall.
“The arrival of Dave’s Hot Chicken highlights our mission to offer popular choices for guests,” Kenny Delaquila, marketing director at Tanger Kansas City at Legends, said in a release. “We know that our shoppers crave quality options and Dave’s Hot Chicken leads the category in exceptionally flavorful meals in a bright, colorful atmosphere.”
Dave’s Hot Chicken offers seven spice levels, with the top requiring a signed waiver. For vegetarian options, it also sells Dave’s NOT Chicken, hot, juicy and crispy Cauliflower Sliders and Cauliflower Bites.
Tanger, the North Carolina-based company that owns dozens of shopping centers around the country, bought Legends, the 690,000-square foot mall in Wyandotte County last year for $130 million. Legends was the seventh open-air shopping center to join Tanger’s real estate portfolio since 2022. It was then renamed to Tanger Kansas City at Legends.
This marks the fifth Dave’s Hot Chicken location in the KC area, including Lee’s Summit, Olathe, Overland Park and downtown KC.
The company began in a parking lot in East Hollywood in 2017 with a couple of folding tables and a portable fryer. Two years later, the team struck a deal with Wetzel’s Pretzels co-founder and former CEO, Bill Phelps, to begin franchising, according to its website. Since then, the company has expanded to over 1,000 franchise locations around the world.
Previous reporting from Chris Higgins was used in this piece.
