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title: "On May 2nd, Dave’s Hot Chicken Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary by Hooking Everyone Up with Free Sliders"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6c3e388e-bdcf-4a98-9ee5-9cd4050282b0
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230428_on_may_2nd_daves_hot_chicken_celebrates_its_sixth_anniversary_by_hooking_ev.html
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2023-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:34:45.851Z
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# On May 2nd, Dave’s Hot Chicken Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary by Hooking Everyone Up with Free Sliders

**TL;DR:** Dave's Hot Chicken is celebrating its sixth anniversary by offering free sliders to customers through its app. The brand was launched by Arman Oganesyan, Dave Kopushyan, Tommy Rubenyan, and later backed by Gary Rubenyan, in an East Hollywood parking lot pop-up on May 2, 2017.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-04-28. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230428_on_may_2nd_daves_hot_chicken_celebrates_its_sixth_anniversary_by_hooking_ev.html).*

## Story

In a modern-day American dream story, Arman Oganesyan and best friends Chef Dave Kopushyan and Tommy Rubenyan, launched Dave’s Hot Chicken in an East Hollywood parking lot pop-up on May 2, 2017 funded by their combined life savings of $900. Seven months later, with the backing of Gary Rubenyan, the four launched Dave’s first restaurant a few blocks from the original pop-up. On May 2, 2023, from 7pm - close, the four friends will head back to that original parking lot, located at 5115 Hollywood Blvd.

in Los Angeles, for a one-night-only pop-up event. Dave, Arman, Tommy and Gary will be cooking up delicious food for local hot chicken lovers, just as they did six years ago. Videos from the event will be posted on the company’s Instagram page throughout the evening so that fans from across the globe can see where it all began.

But guests everywhere can get in on the fun by downloading the new Dave’s Hot Chicken app and receiving a free Slider on us.

Dave’s Hot Chicken specializes in Hot Chicken Tenders and Sliders, along with sides of house-made Kale Slaw, creamy Mac & Cheese and crispy, seasoned French Fries. Offered at seven spice levels ranging from No Spice to Reaper® (which requires a signed waiver for those who dare), each jumbo-sized chicken tender is hand-breaded and spiced-to-order, using a spice-blend crafted specifically for its heat level or no-spice. The brand’s humble beginnings as a parking lot pop-up soon drew lines around the block, with rave reviews by its fanatical Instagram followers.

“As our first-ever review said, ‘Dave’s Hot Chicken just might blow your mind!’ Every Tender is hot, juicy and spicy,” said Bill Phelps, Dave’s Hot Chicken’s CEO. “Six years ago, four friends created something phenomenal, and on May 2nd we’ll be celebrating that success by making sure everyone has the ability to enjoy Dave’s, whether you’ve been visiting since the parking lot pop-up days or have just been wanting to give the best hot chicken on the planet a try.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant expansion (topic)
- anniversary celebration (topic)
- Dave's Hot Chicken (company)
- Bill Phelps (person)
- Dave Kopushyan (person)
- Arman Oganesyan (person)
- Gary Rubenyan (person)
- free menu items (topic)
- Tommy Rubenyan (person)
- brand founding (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230428_on_may_2nd_daves_hot_chicken_celebrates_its_sixth_anniversary_by_hooking_ev.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6c3e388e-bdcf-4a98-9ee5-9cd4050282b0).