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Four high school dropouts including a former standup comedian and line cook, rapper Drake and the son of an oil billionaire are all winners in Dave's sale to Roark Capital.
Dave's started as a parking lot pop-up in Los Angeles eight years ago by a few friends with $900. It just sold for nearly $1 ...
Three young friends set up a fried chicken pop up in a Hollywood parking lot. The rest is the stuff of legend.
CBRE arranged the sale of a 200,000-sq.-ft. industrial property located at 18045 Rowland Street in the City of Industry, ...
The story is fairly well-known: in 2017, three young friends got together (Dave Kopushyan, the Dave of the operation, Arman Oganesyan and Tommy Rubenyan, later joined by brother Gary), spent $900 to ...
Dave’s Hot Chicken first launched in a Los Angeles parking lot. On Monday, Roark Capital bought a majority stake in a deal ...
Roark’s investment follows a boom for chicken-focused restaurants and a rising tolerance for spice among younger consumers.
As the fast-casual Dave's moves into its next level of growth with a $1 billion private-equity deal, some see an IPO in its ...
He's known Rubenyan since kindergarten, and met Dave Kopushyan — the one with the cooking skills — in middle school on what was actually Kopushyan’s birthday. His brain started clicking some ...
The fast-casual chain went from parking-lot popup to 10-digit deal in eight years. As the "rock star" in the private-equity ...
This celeb favorite chain just got gobbled up faster than its Nashville sliders. Fingers crossed the menu stays just as hot ...
Discover the upcoming Dave's Hot Chicken restaurants set to open in Washington by 2026. Exciting flavors await!