Hot chicken heat is officially heading for Germantown’s Poplar corridor, after aldermen signed off on a site plan that clears the way for a Hattie B’s Hot Chicken at Germantown Village along Poplar Avenue. The vote brings a Nashville favorite to one of the city’s busiest stretches and caps a run of earlier approvals from Germantown’s land use boards.
According to the City of Germantown agenda packet, the plan calls for a 2,975-square-foot stand-alone restaurant at 7694 Poplar Ave, with on-site and bicycle parking accessed from the shopping center’s internal drive aisles. The packet lists Hattie B’s Chief Development Officer Dave Oster as the applicant, Hendon Germantown Village, LLC as the property owner, and Palmetto Capital Group as the developer. It also notes that the project picked up recommendations for approval from both the Planning Commission and the Design Review Commission before getting final sign-off from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Where The Building Will Sit
The new Hattie B’s is set to rise as an outparcel in Germantown Village Square, the retail center anchored by TJ Maxx and other national tenants, at the lot listed as 7694 Poplar Ave, according to Action News 5. Site documents and local coverage describe the spot as a southwest-corner parcel in the shopping center’s parking area, putting the chicken joint near existing casual dining options and nearby bank branches.
Approvals And Timeline
The project had already cleared the Planning Commission and Design Review Commission before the aldermen’s vote, and the Board’s decision was reported by WREG. There is still no firm opening date. The city packet and local reporting say an official timeline has not been announced, and Hattie B’s did not provide an estimated opening date in filings reviewed by What Now Memphis.
Why This Matters For Poplar Avenue
City officials have framed the new restaurant as another popular dining option for residents and visitors along the Poplar Avenue corridor, as Germantown works to balance retail reinvestment with broader redevelopment pressures. The vote also comes as the city weighs bigger-picture redevelopment questions, including recent debate over subsidies for a mall redevelopment project that could shape how new outparcels and restaurants plug into the corridor’s long-term plans, Action News 5 reported.
