<div>SPOKANE, Wash. — A new Egyptian restaurant in Spokane said Team Egypt's arrival ahead of the 2026 World Cup brought added attention to its business even though the team had not stopped by.Feteers opened about a month before Team Egypt came to town, and ownership told NonStop Local that the timing was a surprise. Owners said they chose the location without knowing the team would be in Spokane.Ownership said the attention picked up quickly as news crews and other media outlets came by. They said that exposure helped bring people through the door to try food that is not common in the area.The owners said building the menu took work because they needed the right chef and the right ingredients."So that was a struggle, finding the right chef to prepare it and finding what ingredient should we put into this..." Leila Altassan said.Amir Talb said the food is a familiar part of daily life in Egypt."In Egypt this is very popular, like everybody eat everywhere..." Amir Talb said. "It's something good, something fresh. It's made to order so sometimes takes time, we busy, but it's worth it..." he said.NonStop Local spoke with ownership about the impact they were feeling and heard from one customer who changed his travel plans to eat there."Our flight was going to leave here at 7, but I wanted to come here and eat, so we decided instead of flying to make it a road trip so we could come here..." Hudson Frymire said. "Yeah," he said.Frymire said he had not tasted the food before deciding to stop in."Whatever looks good online is what I order..." Frymire said.Altassan said the media attention had been a welcome surprise."So many news crews and media have come by so it's been amazing..." Altassan said.Talb said many customers were trying this kind of food for the first time because travel to Egypt is not easy."Most of our customers have never tried this before and would like to because now it's not easy to travel to go to Egypt and try so we bring Egypt to you here," Talb said.</div>

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SPOKANE, Wash. — A new Egyptian restaurant in Spokane said Team Egypt's arrival ahead of the 2026 World Cup brought added attention to its business even though the team had not stopped by. Feteers opened about a month before Team Egypt came to town, and ownership told NonStop Local...

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SPOKANE, Wash. — A new Egyptian restaurant in Spokane said Team Egypt's arrival ahead of the 2026 World Cup brought added attention to its business even th

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