Second Act: An Iranian Emigre Opens A Persian Restaurant At 59

Photo caption: After nearly two decades as a stay-at-home mom, Nasim Alikhani launched her Persian restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sofreh, at 59. Photo courtesy of Sofreh. Article by Andy Levine, Next Avenue. Forbes – January 14, 2022.

By some estimates, up to 60% of new restaurants fail in the first year. Those statistics didn’t escape Nasim Alikhani, now 62, who says she knew opening a restaurant was “the dumbest investment you can ever do in your life.” Despite that, she did it anyway, opening Sofreh, a Persian restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 2018 at age 59. […]

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