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title: "Atomic Wings moves toward 100% unit growth in 2026"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/9c85ccd6-27f7-424b-b2c7-4a33a316ac86
source: "FastCasual"
original_url: https://www.fastcasual.com/news/atomic-wings-moves-toward-100-unit-growth-in-2026/
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2026-05-29T10:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:19:07.347Z
image: https://nmgprod.s3.amazonaws.com/media/file/3b/61/0c936cce40e4176c6dd47c707908/cover_image__8nGpyFGe__AtomicWings.jpg
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# Atomic Wings moves toward 100% unit growth in 2026

**TL;DR:** Atomic Wings, a New York-based chicken wing chain, plans to nearly double its current 24-unit footprint with over 20 new openings scheduled in 2026. The chain will expand in New York, New Jersey, and other states including Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, and South Dakota.

*originally published in FastCasual on 2026-05-29. [Read the original](https://www.fastcasual.com/news/atomic-wings-moves-toward-100-unit-growth-in-2026/).*

## Story

The New York City-based chain operates 24 restaurants and expects to nearly double its footprint with the expansion.

The development pipeline includes five new New York locations, including two in Brooklyn, two in Queens and a sports bar concept in Manhattan. In New Jersey, franchisee Moe Moustafa, who currently operates two Brooklyn Atomic Wings locations, will oversee six new restaurants. Atomic Wings also plans additional openings in Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio and South Dakota.

"Atomic Wings is looking to skyrocket, and this year we're on pace for up to 100% growth," CEO Zak Omar said in a press release.

Omar said the company plans to continue building density in New York and New Jersey while expanding into additional markets nationwide.

## Entities

- unit expansion (topic)
- QSR (sector)
- franchise growth (topic)
- new york (location)
- new jersey (location)
- FastCasual (publication)
- ohio (location)
- Illinois (location)
- Minnesota (location)
- Atomic Wings (company)
- Zak Omar (person)
- south dakota (location)

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Originally reported by FastCasual (https://www.fastcasual.com/news/atomic-wings-moves-toward-100-unit-growth-in-2026/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/9c85ccd6-27f7-424b-b2c7-4a33a316ac86).