According to recent reporting, a Texas based restaurant group has plans to bring the chicken chain Slim Chickens to several markets in Ohio. Franchisee Dan McGrath, of the Austin based Big Star Hospitality, has signed an agreement to open 25 of the chicken restaurants in the Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton markets. What Now Columbus reached out to McGrath for comment on the expansion and to learn when and where the first restaurant will open, but didn’t receive an immediate response.
Slim Chickens was founded by friends Greg Smart and Tom Gordon in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2003 and began franchising roughly a decade later. The chain opened its 100th location in 2020 and currently operates in over 20 states, as well as in the UK and Kuwait.
The menu features chicken tenders, wings, sandwiches, salads, wraps and mac bowls, a bowl of creamy mac and cheese topped with bite-sized pieces of chicken tenders and sauce. There’s also a chicken and waffles offering on the menu, which is a waffle drizzled with maple syrup, topped with three chicken tenders and a dollop of butter. Sides include fried okra, potato salad, fries and fried pickles, along with soft drinks and desserts that include milkshakes and brownies.
