Dave’s Hot Chicken

One of the fastest-growing restaurant brands in the country, started in 2017 when childhood friends turned $900 into a parking-lot pop-up in East Hollywood. Lines wrapped around the block for its Nashville-style tenders and sliders, and the brand now has locations across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Middle East. Seven heat levels run from No Spice to Reaper, and celebrity investors include Drake, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Strahan.