Article: Italian Express owner in OKC moves eatery

Hassan Daneshmand has had his eye on Main Street for six years.

Daneshmand, owner of Italian Express in downtown Oklahoma City, opened his restaurant in the First National Center in 2004 after scouting several locations and realizing that the spot he wanted most might not be vacant for some time.

Three restaurants have closed in that Main Street space since Italian Express opened. When Carl's Jr. cleared out a few months ago, and with his lease coming due, Daneshmand approached the owners of the Main Street Parking Garage about moving his restaurant into that space.

Daneshmand was concerned that Carl's Jr. and a cafe that had a brief sojourn in the spot had failed, but he looked back at the ...

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