Lebanese Restaurant Plans To Open In Framingham: Report

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Shopper’s World will become more worldly indeed when a Lebanese-inspired restaurant opens at the mall in a few months.

Naya, a fast-casual eatery chain that began 18 years ago in New York City, plans to open a branch at the Route 9 plaza late this summer, the MetroWest Daily News reported.

Expect a menu filled with rolls, bowls and salads, available for taking out or dining in. Apps will include tabbouleh, grape leaves, falafel, spinach fatayer and cheese rekaka, with some ingredients sourced directly from Lebanon, according to the newspaper.

Spanning five East Coast states, Naya currently has 43 branches including in downtown Boston, Back Bay, Cambridge and Watertown. The chain plans to open in Burlington and Boston’s Fenway neighborhood this June.

Shopper's World is one of the first suburban shopping malls in the U.S., dating to 1951. The original structure – and the forerunner of the Natick Mall, next door – were rebuilt in the mid-1990s.

To read the MetroWest Daily News coverage, click here.

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