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Nephews Surprise Uncle After Buying Back Restaurant He Used To Own

A beloved uncle could not hide his happy tears when his caring nephews surprised him by purchasing the restaurant he and his father used to own for a quarter of a century. Dave Khawaja, 61, had no idea what was happening when he was brought back to the site of the Rockville, Maryland restaurant he and his late father Fayez owned after moving to the U.S. Dave and Fayez ran their version of the restaurant, Chicken Tonight, between 1982 and 2007 – the choice of cuisine chosen because fried chicken was a popular American when Fayez arrived in the U.S. But after selling the establishment, it was later turned into a pizzeria, which operated in the spot for roughly a decade. During that time, Dave's nephews – Danny Dubbaneh, 32, and Johnny Dubbaneh, 28 – spent five years building a successful Middle Eastern food business, Z&Z, which specializes in manoushe, an iconic flatbread. On a whim, they decided to email the owner of the pizza spot to ask if she might be interested in selling and by pure chance, the owner was actually looking to retire and hoping to sell. On June 28, the brothers then planned for the big reveal – surprising their Grandma Munirva, Fayez's wife; their mom, Muna; and their Aunt Yasmin and Uncle Raed with the restaurant they knew and loved.
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Location: Rockville, Maryland, USA
  • Date Acquired: 07-22-2021
  • Date Filmed: 06-28-2021
  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Footage Type: Cell Phone
  • Rights :  TV & Digital, Commercial, Publishing
Tags:  restaurant , grandfather , uncle , nephews , rockville , maryland

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