Chicken restaurant spices up Tampa with eight-location deal

The franchise owners of several Fuzzy's Taco Shop locations set their sights on a new venture: Dave's Hot Chicken.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 5:00 a.m. June 27, 2023
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Dave's Hot Chicken recently opened a location in Tampa with its franchise owners planning to open at least seven more in the area.
Dave's Hot Chicken recently opened a location in Tampa with its franchise owners planning to open at least seven more in the area.
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The first of at least eight late night hot chicken restaurants for Tampa Bay has its fryers at the ready. 

Dave’s Hot Chicken, a pop-up restaurant turned chain in California, is expanding into Florida — first with a Tampa location opening near the University of South Florida June 16. 

 

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