Kotti Berliner Doner Kebab

The Turkish people who migrated to Germany after World War II brought with them a fresh and nutritious cuisine. Many of the new arrivals moved to a neighborhood in West Berlin, a diverse and dynamic district next to the Berlin Wall. One entrepreneurial Gastarbeiter recognized an opportunity and invented the doner, a quick and hearty meal to meet the tastes and desires of a growing population. First sold at the gates of Kotti, the main subway hub, this new creation quickly became immensely popular in Germany and throughout Europe. Last year, the doner generated $4.5 Billion in annual sales and created over 200,000 new jobs. In Germany alone, over 720 million doner kebabs were served. Kotti Berliner Doners founder, Erkan Emre, has been eating doner since his childhood in Berlin. But when he moved to New York City, he noticed there was nowhere to feed his craving for Berliner Doner Kebab. The only solution was to bring doner to New York City himself, so he partnered with his Co-Found...