Lebanese Grill Mediterranean

Before the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the country experienced a period of relative calm and renowned prosperity, driven by tourism, agriculture, commerce, and banking. Because of its financial power and diversity, Lebanon was known in its heyday as “the Switzerland of the East”. It attracted so many tourists that the capital, Beirut, was referred to as “the Paris of the Middle East”. The population of Lebanon is estimated at 4.43 million in 2014. The size of Lebanon is 4,014 square miles, roughly two-thirds the size of the state of Connecticut in the United States. Beirut, the capital, is located in the center and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. The main religions of Lebanon are Muslim, Catholic and Druze.