{"id":21,"date":"2026-05-26T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:49:02","slug":"habibi-supper-club-is-becoming-a-brick-and-mortar-restaurant-on-east-passyunk-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Habibi Supper Club is becoming a brick-and-mortar restaurant on East Passyunk Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since launching Habibi Supper Club several years ago, Miled Finianos has built a following for his intimate Lebanese dinners in borrowed spaces across Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=19\">Home price cuts and canceled contracts were less likely in the Philly region than in most major metros in April<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s putting down roots.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Finianos has signed a lease for his first brick-and-mortar restaurant at 1515 E. Passyunk Ave., across from Ember &amp; Ash and down the block from the new Love &amp; Honey Chicken. If construction and permitting cooperate, he hopes to open in October or November.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The restaurant will be a BYOB seating about 25, serving daytime brunch and lunch before transitioning into Habibi\u2019s ticketed supper clubs on weekend nights.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Habibi \u2014 an Arabic term for \u201cmy love\u201d \u2014 launched in December 2023 as a series of dinners built around Lebanese flavors, communal dining, and Finianos\u2019 modern interpretations of dishes from the Levant. The name also reflects the spirit he hopes to cultivate.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want there ever to be a paywall behind culture,\u201d Finianos said. \u201cI want it to be highbrow, lowbrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The space itself is an unlikely fit for a restaurant \u2013 a former accountant\u2019s office, a detail Finianos finds amusing given that he worked as an accounts-payable accountant for Insomnia Cookies. He quit last August in anticipation of another restaurant deal that ultimately collapsed, then spent nine months searching for the right location in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI feel like Habibi is very tied to the identity of South Philadelphia \u2014 East Passyunk and the Italian Market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The plan calls for a full buildout, including outdoor seating, a restored front window, flower boxes, and a garage bay converted into a glass-fronted facade inspired by nearby industrial-chic spaces.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>By day, Finianos envisions Habibi as a late-breakfast and lunch spot open roughly from 10 a.m. to 2 or 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Shakshuka will likely make an appearance, but he is more excited to introduce dishes less familiar to many Philadelphians, such as fatteh (chickpeas layered with tahini yogurt and fried pita) and awarma (confit lamb served with eggs, labneh, or hummus).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=17\">Pa. has upheld Central Bucks\u2019 firing of a principal who failed to report abuse allegations<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much savory breakfast in Lebanese and Levantine culture,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s Mediterranean food, so it\u2019s healthy and light. You don\u2019t feel like you just ate a whole pound of sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Finianos plans to continue Habibi\u2019s supper clubs three nights a week \u2014 Thursday through Saturday \u2014 preserving the format that helped build his following while allowing him to experiment more freely. \u201cThat\u2019s when I get to color outside the lines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Born in Lebanon and raised between there and Miami, Finianos moved to Philadelphia seven years ago after a visit in early 2018 coincided with the Eagles\u2019 Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was wondering why everyone was so nice and in a good mood,\u201d he said. \u201cI found out later why.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He settled first on South Street, then near the Italian Market, and now in Dickinson Narrows, where he lives an eight-minute walk from the future restaurant.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>During the pandemic, Finianos began teaching himself to cook through YouTube videos and posting food content online as Miled Eats. After hosting dinners for friends, he began opening them to the public, first at his home, then at venues including R&amp;D Cocktail Bar, and El Chingon. He\u2019s also due to start a residency at the soon-to-open Lillian\u2019s in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hospitality, he said, quickly became addictive.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s restaurant history in the family, too. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the 1970s, his grandparents and relatives operated Sam\u2019s Pizza at 12th and Pine Streets \u2014 which later was Pine Street Pizza, where Kiddo is today \u2014 before returning to Lebanon in the 1980s. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen they moved back to Lebanon, they operated restaurants and were the first to introduce hoagies and cheesesteaks to my town [Zgharta], where I grew up,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I always carry that with a little pride.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=15\">\u2018Quad God\u2019 Ilia Malinin talks \u2018Fortnite,\u2019 the pressures of being a role model, and bouncing back from his Olympic stumble<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accountant Miled Finianos, trading spreadsheets for sheet pans, has found a South Philadelphia home for his itinerant Lebanese dinner parties. 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