Johnny hauled himself from his sickbed to do some checking and got word from a manager at the A2 La Shish, and he told me the Ann Arbor location has nothing to do with the other locations and will remain open.
You may now celebrate or not but at least Johnny will still get to eat those wonderful cornish hens there.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
La Shish is no more
The Lebanese food slinging days at La Shish are over. The restaurant chain went out of business Saturday night, leaving some 350 workers at 11 restaurants out in the cold.
According to the Detroit Free Press:
...the Dearborn-based chain, consisting of 11 restaurants and a central food preparation commissary, suffered a 50% drop in revenue after federal agents raided Chahine's homes and businesses in 2005 looking for evidence of a $6.5-million tax evasion scheme.
Federal prosecutors said Chahine sent much of the money to his native Lebanon, where he fled in 2005 to avoid prosecution, and that he had links to Hizballah, which the U.S. State Department has designated as a Lebanese terrorist group.
Johnny is saddened. He ADORED the cornish hens and Arabic coffee there. He's also bummed some of his money MAY have been used for shady purposes.
According to the Detroit Free Press:
...the Dearborn-based chain, consisting of 11 restaurants and a central food preparation commissary, suffered a 50% drop in revenue after federal agents raided Chahine's homes and businesses in 2005 looking for evidence of a $6.5-million tax evasion scheme.
Federal prosecutors said Chahine sent much of the money to his native Lebanon, where he fled in 2005 to avoid prosecution, and that he had links to Hizballah, which the U.S. State Department has designated as a Lebanese terrorist group.
Johnny is saddened. He ADORED the cornish hens and Arabic coffee there. He's also bummed some of his money MAY have been used for shady purposes.
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