10/14/2026
From successful catering side hustle to brick-and-mortar location, entrepreneur and owner of Greenwich Village burger joint Stash Burger, Thiy Alsaidi (BBA ’26), kicked off his business just weeks before graduation and wants to help others do the same.
Stash Burger, a fast-food spot serving smash burgers, deep-fried hot dogs, shakes, and more, started as a catering service for student events at Baruch, where Alsaidi found that leveraging his connections with friends in the food business was faster and more cost-efficient than contracting external vendors and going through standard reimbursement processes for Baruch clubs.
Alsaidi shared that his immigrant heritage, family, and Brooklyn entrepreneurial energy inspired him to take a leap of faith and sign a lease on a turnkey restaurant in a prime Manhattan neighborhood.
“Growing up in our community inspires us to get into entrepreneurship,” Alsaidi said. “Our fathers all wanted to have their own businesses—to do something tangible, get their hands dirty. For a lot of immigrants, a small business is a foothold here because even if they can’t speak English very well, they can run a business.”
Learn more here: https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/zicklin_news/zicklin-grad-scales-up-catering-side-gig-into-greenwich-village-burger-joint/
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