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When a water principal break quickly shut down a number of eating places and companies round city in early June, Huge Dave’s Cheesesteaks was among the many victims. However not lengthy after, founder Derrick Hayes, Sr., bought a disturbing telephone name; Pipe issues within the historic Healy Constructing (57 Forsyth Road), the place Huge Dave’s flagship location stood for almost six years, has fallen into this area, inflicting main water injury. It is unclear whether or not the issues had been attributable to a water principal break or an unlucky coincidence, however it proved an excessive amount of to recuperate from, Hayes lamented.
“The injury was very extreme, and my lease was developing in a couple of yr anyway,” he says. “It made sense to attempt to transfer to have the ability to present the identical high quality and expertise, and I am fortunate to be proper across the nook.”
He seen a former Waffle Home area, 300 Marietta Road Northwest, was out there and jumped on the likelihood to have a downtown distinct presence. (Huge Dave’s gives a extra concise menu inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.) Slated to open within the latter quarter of the yr, the brand new location can have a barely smaller eating room however the addition of patio seating. It will likely be modeled after the brand new Huge Dave’s areas in Lawrenceville and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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“We’ll make it appear like an actual cheesesteak spot in Philly, the place I am from,” Hayes defined. “I will attempt to hold that classic really feel with extra lighting and extra visibility within the location—in Forsyth, I had the most important signal on the block.”
The menu would be the identical with the addition of two beers on faucet. It’s going to proceed to supply counter service, because it did in 2014 at a Shell gasoline station in Dunwoody. At present, Huge Dave’s operates six areas, together with a meals truck, with catering and franchise alternatives.
“I am unable to wait to trip down Marietta Road and see prospects sitting down, consuming Huge Dave’s cheesesteaks. It is a dream come true for me,” stated Hayes, who named the restaurant to honor his late father.
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