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TSRC /Musaafer remains a profitable business month over month \u0026amp; the endeavor is to accelerate our debt payoff."},{"question":"your raise scares me. what will you do if you don't raise much more. just cancel raise?","answer":"John, thank you for being one of our early investors and appreciate your trust in us. We remain on-track to open the NYC restaurant next year; thanks to the past and new individual investors. Our goal with crowdfunding is to extend the opportunity to the general public to own a piece of our company. We don’t foresee canceling this fundraiser on WeFunder, in fact we would like to keep coming back to crowdfunding platforms to fundraise for our future locations in LA, SFO and more. Thank you aga..."},{"question":"i am a vc as well. what is the avg price to open a location? i have alot of business investments in california. love to add to it asap. what timeline are you shooting for for california? is your goal just having your own locations,franchises or both?","answer":"Each new location has a build-out cost between 5-7 million $. Location \u0026amp; lease negotiations also play an integral part. Our plan is to open a new location every other year. LA is definitely on the map as the next location \u0026amp; property search will commence by Spring 2022 for a launch towards fall 2023. Our footprint is to have self owned \u0026amp; managed locations to remain in line with our vision. Focus is to have a corporate team responsible for expansions. Thank you again for your intere..."},{"question":"I have been to your Houston location and enjoyed the experience and location - what is the current monthly lease rate? Thanks!","answer":"Hi Mason; thank you for your patronage \u0026amp; we are happy you enjoyed your experience @ Musaafer ! Our brand philosophy has an equal emphasis on location as it has on food, presentation \u0026amp; interiors. This of-course comes with a tag, \u0026amp; you are well aware we are located in the most prestigious spot in uptown Houston , which keeps us in the eye of all residents \u0026amp; visitors. Going forward, New York location is again in the city's most influential residential neighborhood; bringing us cl..."},{"question":"how far is your restaurant from the houston airport?","answer":"Musaafer is approx a 40 minute drive from IAH ."}],"recent_posts":[],"provenance":{"source":"wefunder_public_company_profile","as_of":"2026-06-23T00:39:36Z","claims":{"total_amount_raised":{"source":"FrontCompanySummary#amount_raised","last_verified_at":"2026-06-22T05:03:24Z","as_of":"2026-06-23T00:39:36Z","confidence":"high"},"total_investors":{"source":"FrontCompanySummary#number_of_investors","last_verified_at":"2026-06-22T05:03:24Z","as_of":"2026-06-23T00:39:36Z","confidence":"high"},"active_raise_states":{"source":"Fundraise.visible(nil, nil)","last_verified_at":"2025-02-06T01:17:55Z","as_of":"2026-06-23T00:39:36Z","confidence":"high"},"latest_fundraise_state":{"source":"Fundraise.visible(nil, nil).order(funding_started_at)","last_verified_at":"2025-02-06T01:17:55Z","as_of":"2026-06-23T00:39:36Z","confidence":"medium"}}}}}}