Catering food

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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.   Socrate got its name due to its proximity to the American University of Beirut — on Bliss Street — where the expected clientele were to be professors and students who would appreciate the name. Socrate, established by the Zeidan family in 1964, began as a restaurant offering “international cuisine.” At that time, recalls Saad Zeidan, the general manager and son of one of the previous owners, international meant all types of cuisines including some Lebanese dishes. The Zeidan family also had La Ronda, a well known restaurant in Downtown Beirut which was destroyed during the civil war and didn’t reopen afterwards. According to