Pasco County will soon be home to Tampa Bay’s fourth Dave’s Hot Chicken location, Ian Liberman, local franchise owner, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
Liberman, together with his brother Adam, also owns local Fuzzy’s Tacos locations and previously announced plans to open eight arms of the west coast chicken chain in the Bay area.
The second Dave’s Hot Chicken in Pasco—located at 13446 Pine Gap Spur in Odessa— will open in April and join the other located at Wiregrass Mall, plus two more in Tampa.
Dave’s opened its first Bay area location in July 2023 on Fowler Avenue, near the University of South Florida. Less than a year later, Dave’s opened its second location in Tampa, at 2961 N Dale Mabry Hwy. just south of Raymond James Stadium.
Dave’s has also expanded to the other coast, with 14 locations in Florida, according to the company’s website.
The menu at Dave’s Hot Chicken includes seven different spice levels, the last one, Reaper, including a disclaimer to all customers “(Yes it is hot!) Eat it at your own risk.” You can add the Reaper level to any of the tenders, bites or sliders.
Not to worry, there are milkshakes to ease the pain, including their Oreo, M&M or Cinnamon Toast Crunch loaded shakes.
UPDATED 12/11/24 5:40 p.m. Corrected to show that another Dave’s is open at Pasco County’s Wiregrass Mall.
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This article appears in Dec 5-11, 2024.