Thanks to the loyalty of such patrons, has 93,000 followers, and rows and rows of mouthwatering photos of their food to scroll through. Yet, even with cayenne seasoning stained red hands, many are still able to wipe off their hands just enough to grip their phones and take a photo of their meal. All of the flavors balance each other, nothing is too overpowering.

When you take your first bite of the sandwich, the hot chicken skin is perfectly crispy, the bread is warm and toasted, their “special” sauce is slathered onto the bottom bun, and it of course comes with a pickle. You finally hear your number called, and you subtly speed walk to the counter and finally pick up your food. You finally get to the front of the line, you’re worried about your parking meter expiring, your stomach is rumbling because you’ve been fasting all day for this.

traffic and a minimum 15 minute long line just to try Dave’s Hot Chicken.ĭozens of people wait patiently impatiently to take a bite out of the famous spicy chicken sandwiches from Dave’s Hot Chicken. You can feel the excitement, the smell of curiosity is as present as the smell of cayenne. The aroma of honey, spices and savory fried chicken is thick in the air. A long line snakes out of a small strip mall in East Hollywood.

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