Dave's Hot Chicken Hours: When It Opens and Closes

Based on 47 restaurant pages in 27 states, chosen at random from the brand's restaurant directory and read on October 31, 2026. The earliest opening time listed was 9:30 AM at 1 restaurant, 10 AM at 13, 10:30 AM at 15 and 11 AM at 18. On each restaurant's earliest-closing night (Sunday to Thursday), 22 closed at 11 PM, 13 at midnight, 3 at 11:30 or 11:45 PM, 2 at 10 PM and 1 at 8 PM, while 6 stayed open until 1 AM or later even on that night. On Fridays and Saturdays the latest closing time was midnight at 20 restaurants, 1 to 1:45 AM at 16, 2 AM at 5 and 3 AM at 2 (San Diego, Garnet Ave, and Bloomington, IN); 40 of the 47 closed later on a Friday or Saturday than on their earliest Sunday-to-Thursday night. The North Hollywood, CA restaurant (Lankershim Blvd) listed 2 AM every night, the Phoenix restaurant (E Bell Rd) listed 1 AM every night, and two restaurants (Elmhurst, NY and Yukon, OK) closed by 10 PM every day. No restaurant in the sample listed 24-hour service. The directory pages describe lunch, dinner and late-night food but give no standard late-night hours, and they show a rolling weekly schedule without separate dining room, takeout or delivery hours. The brand's About page quotes an Eater LA headline calling the original East Hollywood stand a late-night hot chicken stand. No breakfast service is listed anywhere, so we list no breakfast hours.