Meet Elias Makhoul, falafel master and owner of the Mystic Muffin. Elias came to Canada from Lebanon at age 21 and fell in love with our fair city -- enough that he ran for mayor in the last municipal election. At his lunchtime eatery he works at a hyperactive pace. He'll take time to ask your name, ask how your day is, ask if you have any stories -- and when you come in weeks later he's ready to continue the conversation. It's hard to catch his photo in focus.
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Newsstand: November 27, 2009