Sovereign Centros from CBRE has announced that Slim Chickens, the American fried chicken restaurant chain, has selected Festival Place to be the home of its next location.
Making its Basingstoke debut, the Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) operated brand is set to open this July, taking a 3,503sq ft unit on the ground floor of the centre.
With room for over 85 diners, Slim Chickens Festival Place will deliver its casual dining offer, serving fresh hand-breaded buttermilk-marinated chicken cooked to order. Alongside its trademark chicken tenders, diners will also be able to choose from a menu of other dishes, including sandwiches, crispy wings, wraps, salads, sides and a range of plant-based options. Slim Chickens’ 15 handmade dipping sauces will also be on offer, featuring a range of flavours, from garlic parmesan, to honey BBQ, to its best-selling signature sauce.
Slim Chickens will add to Festival Place’s increasingly diverse dining offer, joining the recently upsized restaurant from street-food concept, Festival Street Kitchen and the recently opened independent Mexican-inspired operator, El Bigote. The new entrants join established operators as the centre, including the popular Loungers-owned restaurant, Cosy Club, family-favourite, wagamama, British pizza chain, Pizza Express and contemporary Latin American concept, Las Iguanas.
Poppy Radford, Asset Manager at Sovereign Centros from CBRE, commented: “The signing of Slim Chickens at Festival Place is the latest in a series of exciting announcements on the destination’s evolving F&B line-up. Joining local favourites like Festival Street Kitchen, Slim Chickens brings great balance given its international renown, as we champion a complementary collection of dining brands. This signing is evidence of the Festival Place’s growing significance throughout the region and the UK and our commitment to creating a distinct experience for our catchment.”
