Lebanese Taverna was born between two great cities: Beirut, Lebanon and Arlington, Virginia. The restaurant was founded in Arlington’s Westover neighborhood in 1979 by Tanios and Marie Abi-Najm, who had escaped civil war in Beirut just three years earlier. Lebanese Taverna introduced classic Lebanese family cooking to the D.C. area and over the next four decades became a beloved local institution. Today, Lebanese Taverna is run by the five Abi-Najm siblings and has a dozen locations in Washington, D.C., its suburbs, and Baltimore, including six full-service restaurants, seven fast-casual eateries and their flagship Lebanese market.
