Kansas City, Missouri-based Chicken N Pickle – an indoor/outdoor “eatertainment” complex with a casual, chef-driven restaurant, sports bar, pickleball courts and a variety of yard games – is launching national expansion plans to nearly double in size by the first quarter of 2025.
The first-to-market concept has opened eight locations since 2017, with seven more Chicken N Pickle restaurants scheduled for completion by early 2025. This is the company’s fastest period of growth to date. The new properties will almost double the number of Chicken N Pickle locations from eight to 15, making it the fastest-growing pickleball entertainment concept in the country.
The first Chicken N Pickle opened in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017, before there were any other establishments with both a restaurant and pickleball courts. The other seven locations can be found in Wichita, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Overland Park, Kansas; and in both Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Texas; and Glendale, Arizona, which opened last week.
Seven more complexes have been announced or are under development. Expanding both east and west, Chicken N Pickle will serve up one new complex in 2023 in St. Charles, Missouri; and four new properties in 2024 in Allen, Texas; Fishers, Indiana; Henderson, Nevada; and Webster, Texas. The remaining two locations are slated to open in early 2025 in Thornton, Colorado; and Parker, Colorado.
The average Chicken N Pickle facility comprises approximately 1.5 acres (3.5 acres with parking) and 32,000 square feet. Chicken N Pickle’s main dining area is spacious enough for corporate and social events, from lunch meetings to large rehearsal dinners and team-building exercises. Chicken N Pickle features bars, multiple dining areas on the main floor and rooftop dining with outdoor tables for guests. The venues offer numerous indoor and outdoor pickleball courts and a variety of lawn games, such as cornhole, ping pong, battleship and Jenga.
