Stephanie Shirazi’s brand new bag
| Stephanie Shirazi has a new business sewn up |
For 14 years, Stephanie Shirazi and her husband and business partner, chef Ali Shiraz, ran the popular Shiraz restaurant at 320 Southwest Boulevard. They closed the bistro and sold the building in October 2008. Stephanie’s been a realtor for many years and told me she’s glad not to be in the restaurant business in the current economy. (The Shiraz space has yet to be leased to another restaurateur, although Shirazi says she’s heard that a young couple — she won’t say who — has been looking seriously at the location.)
Since the real estate market hasn’t been that terrific, either, Shirazi has been channeling her creative energy into a cottage business, Green Bag Ladies, that mixes her interest in fashion, ecology and the culinary industry.
