Bay Area high rent makes local restaurant owner find unique way to keep her employees
The rising cost of rent in the Bay Area has caused at least one restaurant owner to look at unique ways to offer affordable housing for her employees. Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant offers four of her key full-time employees bellow-market rent in a home she owns in East Menlo Park.
Rachel Reese carries her granddaughter Maajida Davis, 1, at Zareen’s Restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Zareen Khan, the owner of the establishment, offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Zareen Khan helps out in the kitchen of her restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant, offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi, right, checks his phone while Shaid Muhammad, center, buttons his shirt in the hallway of their home in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The two men rent rooms at a home owned by their employer Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi cooks some chicken at Zareen’s Restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Naqvi rents a room in a home owned by Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi, left, Shaid Muhammad, center, and Muhammad Umair Siddique, right, stand in front of their home in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The trio rent rooms at the home from their employer Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Zareen Khan smiles in her restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant, offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi grabs some spices at Zareen’s Restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Naqvi rents a room in a home owned by Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi looks out the window in the kitchen of his home in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Naqvi rents a room from his employer Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi smiles in his home in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Naqvi rents a room from his employer Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Maajida Davis, 1, center, sits in her stroller while her grandmother Rachel Reese talks with Zareen Khan at Zareen’s Restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Khan, the owner of the establishment, offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Muhammad Umair Siddique, left, and Muhammad Shakeel Naqvi, right, in their home in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The two men rent a rooms in a home owned by their employer Zareen Khan, owner of Zareen’s Restaurant. Khan offers below-market rent to four of her key, full time employees. It’s a unique way for a small business to keep its employees. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)