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"I'm expecting a modern fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant in Green Valley Ranch at 725 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 150 this summer that will focus on rotisserie chicken, beef shawarma, falafel and made-in-house pita bread. The menu will include sandwiches such as pitas and paninis, plates with a choice of hummus or mutabbal and an eggplant dip, and sides including falafel, fattoush, hummus, sarma stuffed grape leaves, a tahini salad and toom (a garlic sauce with lemon). Desserts will feature baklava, asthma (a shredded file pastry with sweet cream) and gatnaboor (rice pudding with cinnamon and rosewater), and tan and sumac lemonade is on the menu. Founder Silva Chamanian says the locations will have modern looks, range from about 1,100 to 2,400 square feet and offer between 36 and 55 seats." - Susan Stapleton