Business

The best meat in town is at Sanabel. Sanabel is located at Hunter Mill plaza shopping center. Wells Fargo bank is a notable landmark.Quality full service butcher shop specializing in Halal meats and foods. Catering and specialty items are available upon request.

When Al Nakheel, a Middle Eastern grocery store in Vienna, changed ownership, long-time employee Said Ghabayen prepared for retirement. But his son, Shadi Ghabayen, saw this as an opportunity instead. “My dad [has] a good customer base, serving the customer for 18 years,” says Shadi, a native of Jordan. He then quit his job as an auto mechanic, convinced his father to join him, and opened Sanabel, a Mediterranean market in Oakton, in January.

Besides selling packages of pita and tubs of garlic cream, Sanabel imports cheese from unsuspecting nations (no Spanish Manchego or Dutch Gouda ).

Shawarma and Falafel quick served restaurant, the name comes from the two words combined “Shawafel”.

We serve chicken, lamb and beef mixed Shawarma; the traditional Lebanese way which is made from scratch with my family’s secret sauce.

All our meat is bought from local farmers, cutting it, marinating it and then skewered on the vertical spit. Same goes for the chicken shawarma.

We also serve spreads such as: hummus and baba ghanoug. For salad options, we will have Tabouleh and Fattouch as served in Lebanon.