National chain Dave's Hot Chicken opens in Milwaukee on Friday

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Chicken tenders, sliders and sandwiches in a range of spice levels, along with sides like mac and cheese, kale slaw and fries, are on the menu at national chain Dave's Hot Chicken. A restaurant opens Sept. 30 in Milwaukee.

The national chain Dave’s Hot Chicken is jumping into the ever-growing Nashville-hot fried-chicken field in Milwaukee. A restaurant opens Friday on downtown's northern edge, the second location in Wisconsin.

Franchisee MR Chicken will open Dave's Hot Chicken at 544 E. Ogden Ave., in the Yankee Hill neighborhood. Previously, it opened a Dave's in Menomonee Falls in January. One of the MR Chicken owners is Ron Stokes, the president of Roaring Fork Restaurant Group, which operates 58 Qdoba restaurants in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.

What's on Dave's Hot Chicken menu?

Named for co-founder Dave Kopushyan, who trained at chef Thomas Keller's fine-dining French Laundry in California, Dave's Hot Chicken started as a late-night pop-up in Los Angeles. It now counts the singer Drake among its investors.

The restaurant serves chicken tenders, sliders and sandwiches, ranging from not spicy to "reaper," and sides including cheese fries and kale slaw.

Hours for the store on Ogden will be 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 a.m. until midnight Friday and Saturday. It will have online ordering.

The Dave's Hot Chicken in Milwaukee will be at 544 E. Ogden Ave.

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