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Video: Mini Kabob brings big flavor and family passion

An Armenian family maintains their culture in California

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

September 6, 2019

1 Min Read
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In Glendale, Calif., a mom and pop shop has been serving up Armenian food for over 20 years and has no plans to franchise.

Armen joined his parents four years ago in the kitchen at Mini Kabob. He had plans to stir up more business and franchise, but soon took a shine to the community his parents created. Armen wanted the single shop to remind customers of their childhoods rather than become commodified.

The Armenian restaurant makes all of its food from scratch, from skewered meat that’s been soaked and cared for to falafels that contain Armen’s grandmother’s secret recipe from Egypt.

Play the video to watch the passionate family cook and explain their food.

 

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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