NAYA Eyes 200 Restaurants as America’s Mediterranean Fast-Casual Market Booms

One NAYA restaurant nearly broke the bank. Now its founder wants 200

Mediterranean fast casual grew 16% last year, and NAYA’s founder is betting the boom can carry his Lebanese chain from 48 locations to 200.

NAYA eyes 200 restaurants as America’s Mediterranean fast-casual market booms - Dining and Cooking

When Hady Kfoury opened his first restaurant in Manhattan in 2008, he was already out of money. He had raised cash from friends and family to bring the Lebanese food he grew up eating to New York, but construction had cost more than he expected. He still owed money to his general contractor and resorted [...]

NAYA eyes 200 restaurants as America’s Mediterranean fast-casual market booms

When Hady Kfoury opened his first restaurant in Manhattan in 2008, he was already out of money. He had raised cash from friends and family to bring the Lebanese food he grew up eating to New York, but construction had cost more than he expected. He still owed money to his general contractor and resorted […]

America’s Mediterranean lunch bowl is booming as NAYA races toward 200 restaurants

When Hady Kfoury opened his first restaurant in Manhattan in 2008, he was already out of money. He had raised cash from friends and family to bring the Lebanese food he grew up eating to New York, but construction had cost more than he expected. He still owed money to his general contractor and…