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“There used to be a guy that made pita bread down the road but it was only three times a week,” Karim said. Hummus, spinach pies and popular Middle Eastern salads - tabouleh and fattoush - can all be found at Holy Land Bakery. “People are asking us, where have you guys been? This is what we need,” Karim Alkhouri said, Maysaa’s son. Holy Land Bakery, located at G3236 Corunna Road in Flint, offers halal food for all to enjoy. She is known for cooking tasty falafel, shawarma, pita bread, stuffed grape leaves and manaesh - an olive oil-rich flatbread, topped with za’atar, a mixture of dried thyme, sesame seeds, and sumac.īut instead of doing it for her family and friends as a hobby, she decided to start her own restaurant in July 2020. FLINT, MI – Maysaa Alkhouri always had a talent in the kitchen.
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