Denton is getting its first taste of Chicken Salad Chick, with the Southern fast-casual chain planning to open a new location inside the Rayzor Ranch shopping center along North I-35. The build-out calls for $275,000 in interior renovations to a 2,686-square-foot space, with no exterior changes planned.
The project surfaced in a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing, according to Community Impact, which first reported the plans. Texas law requires commercial renovation projects estimated at $50,000 or more to register for an accessibility review, a threshold explained by Accessible Texas, which is how the Denton project became public before any formal restaurant announcement. The new store will sit at 3420 N. I-35, inside the sprawling Rayzor Ranch development.
Construction on the interior work is slated to begin September 15 and wrap up by November 1, per the same filing. Notably, the space was previously permitted for a Salata location back in June 2024, though that build-out apparently never materialized into a Chicken Salad Chick competitor at that address — Salata still operates its own Denton restaurant on South Loop 288, well south of the new site.
A Growing Presence in North Texas
Chicken Salad Chick already runs a dozen locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Denton will mark its first foothold in the city itself. The Atlanta-based chain has been expanding aggressively of late: 2025 was its strongest franchise growth year to date, with nearly 100 new restaurant deals awarded and 42 locations opened across 13 states, according to PR Newswire. The brand now counts more than 340 total locations across 25 states…