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Three young friends set up a fried chicken pop up in a Hollywood parking lot. The rest is the stuff of legend.
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 ...
CBRE arranged the sale of a 200,000-sq.-ft. industrial property located at 18045 Rowland Street in the City of Industry, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dave’s Hot Chicken first launched in a Los Angeles parking lot. On Monday, Roark Capital bought a majority stake in a deal ...
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 ...
The leadership team at the 315-unit fast-casual restaurant will remain in place, including Phelps; president and COO Jim Bitticks; chef Dave Kopushyan; and chief brand officer Arman Oganesyan.
The fast-casual chain went from parking-lot popup to 10-digit deal in eight years. As the "rock star" in the private-equity ...
Roark’s investment follows a boom for chicken-focused restaurants and a rising tolerance for spice among younger consumers.
Dave’s Hot Chicken president Jim Bitticks remembers visiting restaurants five years ago and asking cofounder Dave Kopushyan ...