Munching on falafel

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Executive profiled a collection of beloved Beirut venues which have been in operation for more than 35 years and evoke strong feelings of nostalgia among the city’s residents. The aim was to discover more about their history and learn the secrets of their success, nostalgia aside.   Opened in 1935, Falafel Sahyoun started selling falafel from a cart on the street corner next to their current shop on Bshara El Khoury Street. They moved to that venue once the building was built and the family bought an empty spot on the ground floor, two years later. Falafel Sahyoun remained in operation throughout the civil war despite having to temporarily relocate to the Zarif neighborhood and then Corniche El Nahr when their venue’s location on the demarcation lines forced them to do so. “We had to keep the place open to keep the name alive in people’s minds. Had we closed