Asbury Park Press announced Daddy’s Chicken Shack’s Tinton Falls opening in a Facebook post identifying Esperto Hospitality Group as the restaurant’s owner. The post provides a local news connection to the brand’s arrival in New Jersey; the original coverage is linked below.
For background, the brand’s official history traces Daddy’s Chicken Shack to chef Pace Webb and partner Chris Georgalas, who opened the original restaurant in Pasadena, California. Their early operation occupied a small, 700-square-foot space.
The company later began franchising, and Esperto Hospitality, led by John and Anthony DiLeo, acquired the brand from Area 15 Ventures in May 2026. That ownership history provides context for the Tinton Falls opening and Daddy’s Chicken Shack’s continuing development.
