Derrick Hayes
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Podcast Appearances
And then we just started getting so big that the gas station wasn't working for us anymore because we couldn't get the orders out fast enough.
I only had a three-foot grill, one broken fryer.
And I mean, we done 800 tickets in some days.
It's just
It's wild.
Sometimes a thousand on the weekends.
But I was able to now spread my wings and go downtown to 57 Forsyth Street, where I think the real magic happened for not just my life, but for my career in the community, because this became a staple to the community, a landmark.
People would fly into Atlanta.
First thing they do is they go downtown to go get a cheesesteak from Big Dave.
So we started to have that.
I'm flying to go get a cheesesteak or I'm flying in town.
Big Dave's is there.
I'm going to go get one.
I see it on Instagram.
It's a destination.
Yeah, it started being that.
And then through over the years, we just started to grow.
I was able to get food trucks.
I was able to go into different arenas, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, you name it, it goes on.
So we was able to put more brick and waters in the city of Atlanta.