From Beirut butchery to Dubai comfort food institution: How Safadi family built a three-generation Lebanese hot spot without 'Succession-style' drama
Dubai: If you've watched HBO's hit show Succession, you'll know one thing: building a business is hard. Passing it on is even harder. So when I jokingly ask brothers Fadl and Abed Safadi whether their family has ever resembled the Roys—the billionaire clan whose empire is fuelled by sibling rivalry, bruised egos and inheritance battles—they laugh
We don't have Succession-style conflict or crazy drama like the show," Fadl says with a laugh, glancing at his brother Abed, who nodded furiously.
And this answer was no accident. The Safadis' story began not with a restaurant empire but with a humble butchery in Lebanon. Their grandfather first built a livelihood around quality meat before their father transformed the business into a restaurant in Beirut. In 2000, he took an even bigger gamble, bringing the family concept to Dubai, a city that was only beginning to emerge as a global dining destination.
