Fast-casual restaurant chain Dave's Hot Chicken, known for its Nashville-style hot chicken, has announced that it will open a new UK site in Birmingham.

According to Birmingham Live, the chain will take over the former Ask Italian site at the junction of New Street and Bennetts Hill, and is expected to open in July 2025.

The new Birmingham venue will offer the brand's signature sliders, tenders and shakes.

It will be the second site for the chain in the country, which has received celebrity endorsements.

US-based private equity company Roark Capital acquired Dave’s Hot Chicken for $1bn in May 2025.

The brand's focus on enhancing customer service was reinforced through a partnership with Reality Based Group (RBG) earlier in the year, utilising RBG's video mystery shopping solution technology to improve service quality and operational efficiency.

In early 2025 the chain also brought back its “Dave’s NOT Chicken” cauliflower-based offerings for a limited time.

It opened its 250th restaurant in 2024 with its first venture into the UK market - a venue at 40 Shaftesbury Avenue in central London.

In the same year, it opened its first restaurant in the state of Georgia, in the Atlanta suburb of Conyers.  

The chain was set up by three friends in an East Hollywood car park in 2017.