Radwan, a Druze born in New Jersey whose family is from Lebanon, works in the restaurant industry, and the pair decided to open a brick-and-mortar outpost of Taboonia at 832 Sixth Ave ...

Almost a year ago to the day from Taboonia’s grand opening on Oct. 5 in East Rutherford, Rashed and his brother, Radda, were serving this same type of food at the Nova music festival in the ...

Taboonia opened last month on Sixth Avenue at West 29th Street, following its first iteration as a stall at the Grand Bazaar on the Upper West Side, which he started on Oct. 6, 2024.

He owns "Taboonia" restaurant in Chelsea, named after the Middle Eastern Taboon oven. On October 7, 2023, Rashed was at the Nova Music Festival helping his brother at a food stall.