Baba’s Hot Chicken is planning three more restaurants in California, with Irvine, Roseville and Napa on the list. The Riverside-born chain is joining a state where other fried-chicken brands are also expanding, and its latest plans reach from Orange County to Northern California.
The company named the three California projects in an October 29, 2026, expansion announcement. All three are planned restaurants, not new locations already serving customers. The company did not give street addresses, construction start dates or opening days for any of them.
Where are the three California restaurants going?
Irvine: The chain is planning a flagship restaurant at Irvine’s Great Park. That makes the Orange County project the most prominent of the three named California developments, although the announcement stops short of identifying a specific storefront or grand-opening schedule…