Dave's Hot Chicken Opening Restaurant In Middletown

MIDDLETOWN, RI — Middletown is getting a new restaurant specializing in Nashville hot chicken.

Dave's Hot Chicken is slated to open at 619 West Main Road, where Plant City X used to be. It will be Rhode Island's first restaurant in the chain.

The opening date for Dave's Hot Chicken is not yet clear, but it is listed online as a new location "coming soon."

The fast-casual restaurant chain first opened seven years ago as a parking lot pop-up in East Hollywood, California. Dave's Hot Chicken is known for its jumbo hot chicken tenders and sliders. The restaurant also offers homemade kale slaw, mac and cheese, and fries.

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