A California-based hot chicken tender chain known for making customers sign a waiver before ordering its spiciest tenders is coming to Olathe, marking the brand’s first-ever location in Kansas. Angry Chickz will open at 14995 W. 119th St., though no opening date has been set.
The Olathe restaurant will be Angry Chickz’s first location in Kansas, and the chain still has no presence at all in Missouri, according to The Kansas City Star. The chain fries up Nashville-style hot chicken tenders for its bowls and sliders, and its menu spans sliders, tenders, bowls and sides. Classics come served with coleslaw, pickles and fries, and diners can also mix and match items or order tenders over buttery rice, per the same report.
Six Spice Levels, One Waiver
Angry Chickz separates itself from other hot chicken chains with six spice options: country, mild, medium, hot, x-hot and angry. That last one, called simply Angry, requires customers to sign a waiver before it hits their tray, the Star reports. Classics range from $10 to $14.49, while bowls run $14.49, sides cost $3.89, an extra chicken tender is $4.89 and an extra slider costs $6.69.
In a July Facebook post cited by the outlet, Angry Chickz suggested Olathe customers’ palates were about to change once the new location arrives. The company did not immediately respond to the Star’s request for comment on the Olathe opening.
From a Family Kitchen to a Growing Chain
Angry Chickz traces back to founder David Mkhitaryan, who launched the brand in 2018 after working as a cook in his father’s family restaurant and developing his own spicy chicken tender recipe. The first location opened in Los Angeles’ East Hollywood neighborhood, and the Star reports the chain has since grown to nearly 50 locations across six states — though other figures circulating put the systemwide count lower. Angry Chickz’s own franchise site cited 30 locations systemwide as of mid-2025, after opening its first Elk Grove, California, store, per Angry Chickz’s franchise site. A trade publication separately put the count at 33 units…