M
ina El Hosn is evolving as a dining
destination. Food and Beverage
(F&B) investors are recognizing
that the area has strong potential. They
are committing to large investments in
new restaurant venues. They are achieving
outstanding results, and this is encouraging
other brands to join the fray.
A DESTINATION
FOR EATING OUT
Mina El Hosn has attracted more than
ten premium dining restaurants in the
last three years, including both Lebanese
and European cuisines and is situated on
Rafic Salloum Street and Mir Majid Arslan
Em Sherif’, which will open in October,
replacing N°6. “We are replacing a European
cuisine restaurant with a Lebanese one,
because there is demand for high quality
Lebanese cuisine in the area,” Chaccour
said. Well-known chains such as BeBabel
and Le Sushi Bar have recently expanded
into the area. There are many more
chains to come. AlShaya Group will open
a Starbucks outlet this year, and Atallah
Holding, the owner of the Amar chain of
restaurants, will open a new Amar outlet in
October. Restaurateurs expect more brands
to come to Mina El Hosn. “Lebanese cuisine
will prosper in the coming future, and will
expand,” Chaccour said.Street. Boubess Group, the company behind
several F&B concepts, has paved the way
for several chains to tap into the area. It has
opened two outlets under the brands Cucina
and Métropole in Mina El Hosn. Other
restaurant chains have also spotted large
potential in the area. Sociéte de Gestion
de Restaurant (S.G.R.), the company that
owns the Em Sherif brand, along with
Parrilla, and Numéro Six (N°6), opened its
first outlet on Rafic Salloum Street in 2016.
“The area wasn’t exploited well when we
decided to open there,” said Dany Chaccour,
General Manager of SGR. The great success
the café achieved became the momentum
for the group to create a new concept ‘Bint46 LEBANON OPPORTUNITIES, AUGUST 2019
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