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Final summer time, Atlanta’s enterprise group confronted a large blow when a water important break triggered widespread injury, forcing a whole lot of small companies to shut their doorways. Amongst them was some of the in style Huge Dave’s Cheesesteaks—a beloved restaurant based by Derrick Hayes—areas.
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The West Philadelphia native is not any stranger to adversity or comebacks. Since his first location, a 749-square-foot house in a Shell fuel station, he has constructed Huge Dave’s (named after his late father) right into a nationwide model.
“I at all times act like I’m nonetheless in that fuel station…I understand how onerous I labored for it and the way simple I can lose it,” he defined.
Derrick is constructing generational wealth alongside his spouse, Pinky Cole, who’s the proprietor of the Slutty Vegan empire.—each powerhouses within the restaurant business. They’ve every been acknowledged by shops similar to PEOPLE, Black Enterprise, and Forbes (collectively and individually).
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