Mahmoud Dimassi, a Houston restaurateur whose legacy includes the Dimassi’s and Fadi’s Mediterranean restaurant chains, died Nov. 9. He was 85.
Mahmoud’s son, Fadi Dimassi, the founder of Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill, announced his father’s death on social media. Funeral services are Wednesday.
“So much of what Fadi’s represents today comes from the love, hard work, and values he passed down,” Fadi Dimassi wrote Monday. “We are forever grateful for the foundation he helped build and the legacy that will continue through every meal shared and every family welcomed into our restaurants.”
Mahmoud Dimassi was born in Saida, Lebanon, his granddaughter Lana Dimassi told Chron. Mahmoud was, by all accounts, a food man. He owned and operated a grocery store back home and was a professional baker…