World flats montclair

The Montclair area is just days away from the first day of September. It’s been another busy week in Essex County, and we’ve got all the Montclair news to keep you up to date. Among the highlights: Newark schools announce plans to open college savings accounts for 3,000 incoming kindergarten students; an EWR passenger tests positive for measles; and a new convenience store, Last Minute Market, opens in Montclair. Read on for all the news in Montclair and the surrounding Essex County towns for the week ending August 24th, 2025.

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Among the Headlines (read on for full stories):

• New Convenience Store Last Minute Market Opens in Montclair
• Newark Schools Will Open College Savings Accounts for 3,000 Incoming Kindergarten Students
• $100 Bill Credit to Be Applied to Energy Bills in NJ This Fall
• Yogi Berra's Hall of Fame Plaque to Be on Display in Montclair on 9/21
• EWR Passenger Tests Positive for Measles
• Montclair Man Charged for Allegedly Sending Threatening Emails to NJ Residents
• EWR Donates 9/11
  
  

   

  Known as a northern-NJ restaurant hub, Montclair welcomes worldFLATS, which recently opened its third location in the Essex County community. While the worldFLATS brand emphasizes the “FLAT” (an Armenian lavash, or flatbread, as we know it), the restaurant’s concept and flavors are far from one-dimensional.

  The Concept

  Lavash is often served with ground lamb, tomato paste, parsley, peppers, and onions, and baked over a wood-burning fire. Five years ago, worldFLATS founders, Nvair and her husband Zareh Beylerian, chose to stop eating meat but they both struggled with giving up their favorite childhood meal, an Armenian dish called lahmajun.

  In her home kitchen, Nvair created her own meat-free version of the Middle Eastern staple. She used brown lentils, veggies, and spices served on lavash. It was a hit with friends and family. Their positivity encouraged Nvair to branch out and create meatless alternatives inspired by other international cuisines’ spice palettes.

  The Plan

  With this lifestyle change and exciting new culinary creation, the couple began plotting an idea for a restaurant that had been on their minds for years. After the start of
  

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