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title: "Fast Casual: Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen Awarding Franchise Deals"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/12ae072b-3b85-4dcd-aef3-31d63e371494
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-taboonette-middleterranean-kitchen-awarding-franchise-deals-2706200
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2018-04-06T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:58:57.588Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/fea2c4780a5543bfcc52deed01fc5667353.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen Awarding Franchise Deals

**TL;DR:** Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen is now franchising with the help of Gary Occhiogrosso, aiming to grow from one location to 25 over four years. The brand's convenient and health-conscious concept is seen as ripe for franchising.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-taboonette-middleterranean-kitchen-awarding-franchise-deals-2706200).*

## Story

Fast Casual is reporting New York City’s Taboonette Middleterranean Kitchen is now franchising. The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant has partnered with Gary Occhiogrosso, the founder of Franchise Growth Solutions, to help grow the brand from its single location in Union Square to 24 more over the next four years.

According to Occhiogrosso, Taboonette’s model is ripe for franchising, with a convenient, inexpensive and health-conscious concept that has made fans eager for more locations.

"The mash-up of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines has resulted in one of the most talked about franchises of the year: Taboonette,” he said in a press release. "The popularity of Taboonette’s convenient, budget-friendly and healthy dining options is fueling the franchise market for a turnkey, fast casual.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchising (topic)
- fast casual (topic)
- restaurant expansion (topic)
- Union Square (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-taboonette-middleterranean-kitchen-awarding-franchise-deals-2706200). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/12ae072b-3b85-4dcd-aef3-31d63e371494).