FUN FACT: Michigan has some of the strictest hot dog laws in the country, which is why Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in 1994 that she never eats hot dogs outside of Michigan.
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A new Lebanese-Greek restaurant from the owners of Woodbridge Pub is set to open in the first week of June.
Toum and Tzatziki, which will be open until 3 a.m., is inspired by the unique backgrounds of pub owners Yianni Linardakis and Ibrahim Chahrour.
Linardakis is from Chania, a city on the northwest coast of Greece, while Chahrour is from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. Both came from working parent households and spent their childhood with their grandmothers.
“We want to pay homage to our grandmas, so we’re doing a Greek-Lebanese street-style type deal,” said Linardakis, who immigrated to the United States in 1996. He noted that the cuisines use similar spices and herbs just in “different doses.”
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