Wayne celebrations

Ribbon cutting for Amo Sami’s Shawarma at Michigan Avenue and John Hix.

By Sarah Shurge – The City of Wayne is always excited to celebrate and recognize businesses within our community. We’d like to shout out some celebrations recently.
Our first celebration goes to Amo Sami’s Shawarma, which had its ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, November 13th.
“It was a nice day. Family, friends, and the community all came together,” said Ali Faraj, Amo Sami’s Shawarma owner. “It was great, around 200 people showed up. We handed out chicken shawarma samplers, salads, and hummus.”
Amo Sami’s Shawarma originally started out in a food truck, moved locations, and then returned to Wayne.
“We’re back and better than ever with the same ole’ taste — the best chicken shawarma you’ll ever taste,” said Faraj.
Some of Amo Sami’s Shawarma’s best selling items are the chicken shawarma and the Amo Sami (chicken, fries, pickles, and coleslaw.)
“We’re born and raised in Wayne, work in Wayne, and there to serve Wayne residents. We’d love for them [the community] to give us a chance. They won’t be disappointed,” said Faraj.
Amo Sami’s Shawarma is located at 38800 Michigan Ave. and is open Monday – Friday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Saturday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m..
For more information about Amo Sami’s Shawarma, visit amosamis.com/wayne/ or call (734)329-2392. To order online, visit: amo-samis-wayne.square.site
You can find them on Facebook and Instagram by searching “Amo Sami’s Shawarma.”
Our other celebration goes to Above & Beyond Urgent Care, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in Wayne on Wednesday, November 20th.

Above & Beyond Urgent Care, celebrated its one year anniversary with Eyad Jadallah, Councilman Quarles, Mayor John Rhaesa and Councilman Rabih Darwiche.

“It was a tough process growing a new business from scratch. We’re still trying to build and have the community become more familiar with us,” said Eyad Jadallah, Above & Beyond Urgent Care family nurse practitioner. In honor of its anniversary, Above & Beyond Urgent Care hosted an open house event for people to come in and check out the clinic. The mayor, committee members, and community members showed up and asked questions.
“There’s a lot of options out there, even in just Wayne alone, and we want people to know we’re an option,” said Jadallah.
Above & Beyond Urgent Care offers services such as: drug screening, medication refill, laceration repair, STD testing, on-site x-ray and private lab with same-day x-ray reads, telemed visits, and more.
Above & Beyond Urgent Care’s most popular services are: vitamin D injections and its weight loss program with semaglutide injections.
For its anniversary, Above & Beyond Urgent Care is also offering a new deal on semaglutide injections (now – February), along with free sports physicals (first -12th grade).
“We’re giving people the care they need and deserve,” said Jadallah. “A lot of people are grateful for our care and services. We get you in and out quickly without rushing you.”
Above & Beyond Urgent Care is located at 32413 Michigan Ave, and is open seven days a week: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
For more information about Above & Beyond Urgent Care, visit abovebeyonduc.com or call (734) 331-9249.
You can find them on Facebook and Instagram by searching “Above & Beyond Urgent Care.”
“We’re still trying to grow, and do our best as part of the community and stay here as long as possible,” said Jadallah.
Be sure to check out and support these businesses in Wayne!