of kabob type privately held company industry quick service restaurant founded 1989 founder nezameddin mike daryoush 1 headquarters washington d.c. united states number of locations 19 as of april 2016 2 area served washington metropolitan area products kabobs chicken beef lamb fish services catering service available slogan food with character . food you crave . website http www.mobyskabob.com moby dick house of kabob is a persian kabob restaurant chain in the washington metropolitan area . named after a tehran restaurant 3 the first restaurant opened in bethesda maryland 4 in 1989 . contents 1 history 1.1 2000 shooting 2 references 3 external links history edit founder mike daryoush emigrated to the united states from iran in 1975 . he opened a small sandwich shop in 1987 in bethesda maryland serving a few middle eastern dishes . he changed to a persian menu and added a clay oven in 1989 . 5 the name references one of the biggest kabob joints in tehran which was right near the american embassy during the shah s time . it was called moby dick apparently because the owner really liked the book . the newest location opened in city of fairfax va in 2016 . 2000 shooting edit on june 7 2000 two jewelry salesmen were shot by a robber that had followed them into the georgetown restaurant location . 6 the shooting victims survived and the perpetrator zachary j. wages sr. was arrested and convicted of assault and robbery . 7 references edit lambert leigh 2006 10 15 . create your own house of kebab . washington post . p. m02 . korkut leyla 2010 12 06 . kabob restaurant will fill empty spot in stamp . odesser torpey marilyn october 2007 . cashing in on kabobs . qsr magazine . barnett mark 1993 12 09 . maryland dining ; persian fare at house of kabob . the washington post . p. weekly maryland . mcintosh phyllis 2003 09 30 . washington acquires a taste for persian cuisine . washington file . bureau of international information programs u.s. department of state . lengel allan ; petula dvorak 2000 06 08 . 2 wounded in georgetown ; robber followed jewelry salesmen into restaurant . washington post . williams clarence 2001 04 14 . ne man convicted in jewelry heist . washington post . external links edit moby dick s house of kabob moby dick house of kabob georgetown in the washington post cityguide retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moby dick restaurant & oldid 736614862 categories middle eastern american culture in washington d.c.iranian american cultureiranian american culture in washington d.c.iranian cuisinemiddle eastern american culture in marylandprivately held companies based in washington d.c.restaurants established in 1989restaurants in marylandrestaurants in washington d.c. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 18 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view