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This Beirut Family Has Sold Falafel for 100 Years, Through War and Crisis. It Has No Plan to Stop
The family says the shop has survived wars and economic crises as a 40-year-old son carries on the falafel tradition.
- For over a century, the Tabbara family has served falafel in Beirut, with 82-year-old Mohammed Tabbara still running the shop opened by his great-grandfather Kamel Tabbara in 1914. The business remains a staple in the city's busy Hamra district.
- Tabbara said he has operated through 40 wars, including civil conflicts and invasions, while the shop has survived since the Ottoman Empire era. The business endured significant regional instability spanning decades across Lebanon.
- "The sandwich you take from here is light and 100% healthy," Tabbara said, emphasizing strict cleanliness standards. Using Australian fava beans rather than heavier chickpeas, the family prepares each patty with sesame seeds for crunchy texture.
- Ziad Tabbara, a 40-year-old former accountant, has worked full-time alongside his father for six years preparing to inherit the business. The shop remains affordable amid Lebanon's historic economic meltdown since 2019.
- With no children to inherit the craft, Ziad faces a succession challenge that concerns his father. Nevertheless, the shop continues serving international clients, preserving a culinary heritage defined by the family for generations.
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This Beirut family has sold falafel for 100 years, through war and crisis, and has no plan to stop
BEIRUT: For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has survived two world wars and a series of local conflicts in the small Mediterranean nation. Now, a fourth generation is getting ready to take over the modest shop, where customers can get $3 sandwiches of small, doughnut-shaped patties of deep-fried ground fava beans wrapped in flat Lebanese…
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This Beirut family has sold falafel for 100 years, through war and crisis. It has no plan to stop – WTOP News
BEIRUT (AP) — For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding,
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