Minnie Bird, a partnership between Sean Thomas, the grandson of Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, and Venture Kitchen, opened this week at 1428 N. Meacham Road in Schaumburg, Illinois. The restaurant offers fried chicken sandwiches, tenders, dirty sodas and free ice cream.
Thomas’s great-great-grandmother, Minnie Sinclair, helped raise Dave Thomas and inspired his passion for food.
“We wanted to create a place that feels warm and inviting but with a little bit of edge and fun,” Sean Thomas said in a company press release. “Minnie Bird is all about bringing people together over great food, especially with the added bonus of free ice cream.”
Minnie Bird is also leaning into the dirty soda trend featuring soft drinks mixed with unique creams and flavor syrups
“We wanted to create something that felt fun and fresh but also had that special, homemade feeling,” David Sloan, managing partner of Venture Kitchen, said in the release. “Dirty sodas are one of those things you didn’t know you needed until you try it, and people are loving it.”
Venture Kitchen includes Blackwood BBQ, Taqueria Invicto and Naansense.
