This Restaurant CEO Created His Own National Holiday (and Turned It Into a Business Strategy)

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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

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