Haven Hot Chicken Warms Winter Palettes in Franklin

Haven Hot Chicken, the award-winning hot chicken brand “Born Hot. Raised Right.,”recently opened its tenth location – Store #010 in Franklin.

According to the company, it's the brand’s first location outside of Connecticut and first franchise location – operated by The Coop Group. Located at 477 W. Central Street, the square foot space will serve the brand’s signature Crispy, Crunchy, Juicy, Spicy, Delicious Chicken (CCJSD) and vegetarian "Not Chicken," including THE Sandwich (Food Network, Guy Fieri's "Best Bite in Town" Grand Champion), house-crafted sauces, craveable sides and seasonal limited-time offerings. The Franklin store joins nine Haven Hot Chicken locations in Connecticut. [Hot Tables in the Village Mall also hails from Connecticut...]

“You have not experienced hot chicken until you’ve tried Haven Hot Chicken, and The Coop Group is thrilled to help bring this concept to a new market – in a new community,” said Jake Dagdigian, General Manager and Operating Partner of the Franklin location.

The Franklin location will be open 7 days a week (Open Every Day for Everyone) Sun - Thurs 11am-11pm and Fri - Sat 11am - Midnight offering online and app ordering with their own delivery, curbside takeout, delivery with DoorDash, UberEATS and Grubhub, and a robust catering service. The brand’s mission of helping raise crucial funds to help curb food insecurity locally through its signature “The Great Banana Puddin’ Drive,” will donate 50 cents from the sale of each Banana puddin’ to The Greater Boston Food Bank.

Haven Hot Chicken was founded in 2020 by restaurateurs Rob LaTronica, Craig Sklar, Jason Sobocinski, Tom Sobocinski and Etkin Tekin. With accolades from Inc., Food Network, Eat This, Not That! and Fast Casual, currently operates nine company-owned locations in Connecticut: New Haven, Orange, Norwalk, North Haven, Storrs, Middletown, Newington, Oxford and Fairfield as well as a food truck for events and promotions. The Coop Group plans to open one additional Haven Hot Chicken location in Massachusetts in 2026.

For more information, you can follow @havenhotchicken on Instagram or visit havenhotchicken.com.