Derrick Hayes

I remember it was people who thought that I was selling just cups of ice.

And it was like, what kind of concept is this?

Shouts out to my mother.

She's like, it's time for you to put the kitchen in and do the cheesesteak thing that you really wanted to do.

I decided to change the name to Big Dave Cheesesteaks.

And that's where it all started.

2016, that year was like the year for me where I went from not having any customers to starting transitioning to customers, start transitioning to a community, start understanding that it's a good sandwich in Dunwoody, Georgia, which is

Still not in Atlanta.

You're still about 35 minutes from the city.

It got to be damn good for somebody to drive that far out.

Dunwoody.

Dunwoody.

But after Eve came, she came in 2015, I started to get the hype built up.

But 2016, I like to call it, was my transition in the year, letting people know.

who I am.

2018, I represented Georgia in a sandwich competition where I ranked number seven in the world in sandwiches.

When I came home, it was almost like a kid won the scholarship in college.

The community was proud.

They were happy.

I can remember that moment.