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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | 1994 (1994) inLakewood, Ohio, US |
| Headquarters | Lakewood, Ohio |
Number of locations | 30 (2019) |
Area served | Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania |
| Products | Lebanese cuisine |
| Owner | Fady and Sally Chamoun |
| Website | aladdins |
Aladdin's Eatery is a chain offranchised restaurants in theMidwestern United States and theSoutheastern United States, specializing inLebanese cuisine. Adapted to American tastes, the sites arefast casual restaurants that also offertake out.[1]
The firm, Aladdin's Eatery Systems, Inc, is headquartered inLakewood, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2] Besides Ohio,[3] the company also has locations in Indiana,[4] Virginia,[5] North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
Aladdin's Eatery was founded by Fady and Sally Chamoun in 1994. Since then it has become an extremely lucrative chain of restaurants.[6] Fady Chamoun had arrived in the US from Lebanon in 1972 and worked atLittle Caesars full-time while studying at theUniversity of Michigan.[1] Over the next twenty years he rose within Little Caesars, eventually running 40 franchises, which he sold, leaving him with $10,000 after repaying his debts, which he used to help fund a site in Lakewood, OH.[1]
By 2004 the chain had 17 outlets and Chamoun won the Northeast OhioErnst & Young Retail Entrepreneur Of The Year award.[7] Chamoun had established Jasmine's Bakery in Cleveland in 1997 to supply all his restaurants and by 2004 it was employing 40 people and making sales of $2 million.[1]
In 2013 the chain was reported to have 30 sites in 5 US states.[8]
With a concept of "providing good food with a slightly exotic flavour and cheap prices"[3] the chain is noted by reviewers for its assortment of soups, smoothies and juices, and options for vegetarians and meat lovers.[5][9] Desserts such as traditional Lebanesebaklava or pistachio cookies, which are supplied from Jasmine’s bakery, compete with more American gourmet cheesecakes.[10]