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Koko's Middle Eastern Restaurant
Koko's Middle Eastern Restaurant operates in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, owned and run by Chef Elie Janesian alongside his wife Talin, serving traditional Middle Eastern dishes including kebabs and hummus made in-house. The restaurant has built a devoted local following in the San Fernando Valley for its scratch-made approach to Middle Eastern comfort food, with coverage of the restaurant specifically noting the care and precision Janesian brings to dishes often treated as fast-casual elsewhere. Koko's has operated as a genuine neighborhood institution in Van Nuys, relying on sustained word-of-mouth and repeat local customers rather than the kind of citywide destination-dining attention some other Los Angeles restaurants pursue. Koko's Middle Eastern Restaurant's combination of its husband-and-wife ownership and its scratch-made approach to Middle Eastern staples has made it a beloved neighborhood fixture in the San Fernando Valley.
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Koko's Bavarian
Koko's Bavarian opened in Austin's Govalle neighborhood in 2021, and its name comes directly from its founder's own nickname: Konstantin Prinz von Bayern, a real prince of the historic Bavarian royal house, who goes by "Koko." The concept blends traditional German biergarten culture with Texas hospitality, built around specialty sausages, giant soft pretzels, Belgian-style fries, and rotating craft beer, aiming to recreate an authentic Bavarian beer hall atmosphere in Central Texas. After its original East Fifth Street location closed for renovations in 2023 and didn't reopen, Koko's Bavarian returned with a new South Lamar Boulevard beer hall and also expanded into a stadium-concessions concept, operating inside Austin's Moody Center arena on the University of Texas campus. Koko's Bavarian's combination of its literal founding by a real Bavarian prince nicknamed Koko and its expansion from a single beer garden into arena concessions has made it one of the most distinctive restaurants named Koko in the country.
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