‘I’m proud of it’: How ‘Mama Nazy’ and her sons started Cafe Izmir 25 years ago
A trip to the U.S. from Iran turned into a longtime Dallas restaurant.
The Nazary family, Beau Nazary, left, Ali Nazary and their mother Nazy Nazary, at their restaurant Cafe Izmir in Dallas(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
8:53 AM on May 6, 2021 CDT
Shahnaz “Nazy” Movaffagh or “Mama Nazy,” as employees and regulars call her has been overseeing the pocket-size 1,200-square-foot Cafe Izmir on Greenville Avenue since it first opened 25 years ago on May 2. With the exception of holidays, she was at the restaurant until midnight every day of the week before the pandemic.