Big Boy goes Mediterranean

An American melting pot on Zeeb

by Tony McReynolds

posted 5/25/2011

Big Boy, both statue and restaurant chain, are American icons. So's the image of America as a great melting pot. And icon meets icon at Ann Arbor's Zeeb Road Big Boy, one of only two in the company's national chain to serve tabouli, hummus, baba ghanoush, and other Mediterranean classics alongside the Big Boy's traditional all-American fare. New franchisees Abdul, Andy, and Fred Karkoukli, who took over the store March 1, were granted this culinary leeway because of their track record with the company; the brothers have owned a number

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