Jessica K.
Yelp
I've been seeing a lot of buzz about this spot and realized one literally just opened three miles from me!
Made the trip in the middle of the snow storm to get my hands on some of these tendies.
Walked in with the plan to compare with Raising Cane's since it's basically the same concept, but there's literally no comparison. Dave's wins that competition by miles.
I got a Dave's #1: Two tendies, fries, bread, pickles. I got one hot, one extra hot. The spice was nice, it wasn't uncomfortable where your mouth is burning off, but my hairline and eyebrows were definitely sweating. Dave's sauce was delicious as well.
The standout really had to be the customer service though. I'm curious if they're this good because it's their grand opening or if it'll stay like this. Manager was extremely hands on, visible, and running around doing everything. Employees would stop at the tables to ask if everything was good, and I was able to request some cole slaw which was brought to the table.
All the sauces, free. Extra pickles? No charge. Seeing all this "give away" blew my mind, because what big fast food restaurant do we know that brings in billions of dollars a year all around the world, yet they need to nickel and dime their customers for every little thing? Schmickmonalds, I'm looking at you.
The only miss for me was that the spice is a dry rub. I prefer more saucy, and this is a THICK dry rub.
After I received the kale slaw (so good), I made what was probably the best sandwich: broken up hot tendie, Dave's sauce, pickles, slaw. That's how we do it!
Inside was nice, tons of tables, clean, spacious.
Welcome to the 'hood, Dave's!