Drive-thru Mediterranean spot on Alpine Avenue targets fall opening

WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — A new Mediterranean restaurant is set to open later this year along Alpine Avenue in Walker.

Renovations are underway now at Dubai Bites, located at 2260 Alpine Ave. NW south of 3 Mile Road. That’s the former site of Mr. Gyros, which closed in 2023.

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The restaurant is truly a family effort, according to Andrew Shmona, the brother of owner Leo Shmona.

“Middle Eastern people, we operate as a unit, like a big unit,” Andrew Shmona told News 8 Thursday in a phone interview. “Whatever we do, we operate as one person or one group.”…

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