Dave’s Hot Chicken restaurant planned on Milwaukee’s lower east side


Dave’s Hot Chicken is headed to the East Pointe Market Place on Milwaukee’s lower east side.

The franchise is planned at 544 E. Ogden Ave. Ron Stokes and Mike Pranke, who separately also operate franchises of Qdoba Mexican Eats under their entity Roaring Fork Restaurant Group, own the new Dave’s Hot Chicken location.

Stokes and Pranke opened the Milwaukee area’s first Dave’s location this year in Menomonee Falls.

The hot chicken chain from California announced in 2021 it chose Milwaukee…

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