Serena Maria Daniels is an editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been a journalist since 2006.
Chicago’s appreciation for the fiery qualities of Nashville hot chicken continues as Hattie B’s Hot Chicken has announced that it will open its first Chicago location later this year or early next year just steps away from Wrigley Field at Gallagher Way, taking over the space formerly occupied by Foxtrot.
In an announcement on Friday, March 28, Hattie B’s shared that it will open at 3649 N. Clark Street at Gallagher Way in a 3,265 square-foot space that includes a 515-square-foot patio, with seating for up to 70 indoors and another 55 outside. Gallagher Way is the plaza in front of the Friendly Confines, a development from Hickory Street Capital — a venture of the team’s owners, the Ricketts Family.
This isn’t the first time Hattie B’s landed in Chicago. In 2019, the hot chicken icon popped up at Dove’s Luncheonette for one day in Wicker Park to the delight of Chicagoans eager for a chance to sample one of Music City’s most popular culinary attractions…