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Mehdi Zarhloul didn’t just chase opportunity. He built it into something lasting.
Long before Crazy Pita became a multi-location brand, before concepts like Salad Madness and Chicken Genius launched and before his company went national through crowdfunding, Zarhloul was just a 16-year-old kid from Morocco chasing a dream in America.
He still remembers the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.
“When I came to the country and looked at the Statue of Liberty, I knew I was part of the American Dream,” he tells Restaurant Influencers host Shawn Walchef.
For Zarhloul, it was more than a landmark. It was a symbol of