College and Careers Collide as Sisters Launch Their First Restaurant Together
Lawrence, KS (RestaurantNews.com) As Mediterranean cuisine has flourished from a niche food trend to a nationwide staple in the fast casual industry, Shawarma Press is steadily expanding with brick and mortar franchise locations and digital kitchen concepts. A new full service location recently celebrated a soft opening at 947 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence. According to local owners and sisters Atrooba and Tahima Hashim, both students at the University of Kansas, restaurant employees and staff are enjoying serving residents and college students alike at its prime location near the campus.
“We love meeting our new customers and introducing everyone to our fresh and healthy Mediterranean food,” said Atrooba, the store’s manager. “Our menu offers traditional Mediterranean items such as Shawarma wraps, made-from-scratch falafels, hummus, and fresh soups, salads, and pastries, but we are making our mark within the industry by introducing new, exciting fusion dishes to the menu.”
The restaurant’s menu includes hummus wraps, Shawarma melts, falafel bites, Spicy Tandoori Press Chicken Shawarma, Shawarma Bowls with a choice of premium chicken, beef, or falafel, baklava bites, a Supreme Shawarma Wrap, and pistachio ice cream. Catering is also available with attractive platters and trays for office gatherings, parties, or groups.
Since opening the nation’s first authentic Shawarma franchise in Irving, Texas in 2017, Shawarma Press franchises have expanded throughout Texas in Arlington, Denton, Frisco, Georgetown, Plano, and San Antonio. The brand’s flagship restaurant thrives in the downtown Dallas Arts District while the first of several planned Georgia restaurants opened last year in the metropolitan Atlanta community of Johns Creek, followed by a recently opened digital kitchen in Midtown.
About Shawarma Press
Award-winning Shawarma Press is the nation’s first authentic shawarma franchise. Shawarma Press plans to open as many as 50 locations throughout the country in the next five years. For information about franchising, visit ShawarmaPressFranchise.com.
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