233 North Pleasant Street (between former Carriage Shops and Kendrick Place)
The north end of downtown has a new destination spot for fine dining and you don't have to be Lebanese to appreciate their fresh offerings.
Malek Shawarma (meaning "king" of the Shawarma sandwich) Mediterranean Cafe opened today just in time for the reawakening of our little college town. The business is owned by Eliana Dabbous who operates a barber shop next door and her son Ali will be managing the restaurant.
Ali Dabbous (right)
Anyone who has ever run a small business knows it's a full-time + commitment, and the odds of success are increased dramatically if you have a partner who shares your enthusiasm for serving the general public and the onerous work ethic that requires.
It also helps if you have a great product.
Beef slow cooking
Cool, hope they do well. Amherst is known to have the best food between New York and Boston.
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure about the partnership advice. Great advice would be to borrow the money, run your own show and hire the other guy. This is even true in Amherst.
Great partners can be awesome, good partners suck.
I greatly look forward to scrumptious Mediterranean fare !!
ReplyDeleteMine was awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhy no article on the new Persian restaurant? Top Kabob.
ReplyDeleteThere were no borders because ancient Persians were aggressive imperialist who over ran their neighbors to produce a giant kingdom. A fond memory for today's Iran to emulate.
ReplyDeleteOh shut up. Please.
DeleteThey may be bloodthirsty killers, torturers and subjugators, ... - but Man, can they cook!
ReplyDeleteYeah baby!... If u wanna be happy for the resta yo life...
ReplyDeleteLol. Funny song! But I hope all this talk about borders means that these people have as much fight about out US/Mexico border. I hear a lotta talk about a borderless world. Are these people crazy?
DeleteHere we go.
ReplyDeleteUntil I read these comments, I thought trolls enjoyed eating lamb.
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