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title: "Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken Expands Presence in DMV, Opening New Locations In Owings Mills, Maryland and Annandale, Virginia"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/89babadd-2d2a-428d-8cb0-1780f4e78d60
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20241210_crimson_coward_nashville_hot_chicken_expands_presence_in_dmv_opening_new_lo.html
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2024-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:31:32.917Z
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# Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken Expands Presence in DMV, Opening New Locations In Owings Mills, Maryland and Annandale, Virginia

**TL;DR:** Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken has expanded its presence in the DMV area with new locations in Owings Mills, Maryland and Annandale, Virginia. The new locations are operated by franchisees Nabil Asad and Maasum Anowar, respectively.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-12-10. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20241210_crimson_coward_nashville_hot_chicken_expands_presence_in_dmv_opening_new_lo.html).*

## Story

The new Maryland store opened on November 21st.

Nabil Asad is the franchisee for this new location while also operating restaurants in California, Maryland, Virginia and Washington. He shared, “We’re excited to announce the opening of our third store in Maryland, located in Owings Mills in the Boulevard Shops by Stevenson University. This is our fifth Crimson Coward chicken location in the DMV area.”

Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken opened its location in Virginia on November 29th.

"We're thrilled to join the Annandale community," said the franchisee of the new location, Maasum Anowar. "Our team has been working hard to prepare for opening day, and we’re excited to serve authentic Nashville hot chicken to our guests. We invite everyone to stop by, check out our open kitchen, and enjoy our freshly made sides."

Every Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken joint offers a variety of hand cut, marinated chicken meals and tempting homemade sides and is dedicated to creating a unique dining experience with an open kitchen design. It begins with fresh food cooked in front of guests and made to order so every meal is hot and tender. Each piece of the freshly prepared chicken is hand breaded and finished with the heat level of the guest’s choice: country, which has no heat, mild, medium, Crimson-hot, and Burrrrn Baby Burn for those looking to fire up their taste buds.

John Filipiak will provide support to both franchisees as they hope to enrich the community. He said, "Our sixth and seventh locations in the DMV are bringing the locals the irresistible flavor of Nashville hot chicken. We have more exciting openings lined up in the DMV."

Both new Crimson Coward locations will hold a customer appreciation event at a later date.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- QSR (sector)
- franchisee (topic)
- location growth (topic)
- Crimson Coward Nashville Hot Chicken (company)
- Nabil Asad (person)
- John Filipiak (person)
- Owings Mills, Maryland (location)
- Maasum Anowar (person)
- Annandale, Virginia (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20241210_crimson_coward_nashville_hot_chicken_expands_presence_in_dmv_opening_new_lo.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/89babadd-2d2a-428d-8cb0-1780f4e78d60).