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Melissa Muller Daka ’09 Opens New Restaurant

March 12, 2013
Melissa Muller Daka poses in front of some fresh pasta inside her restaurant, Pastai

Melissa Muller Daka '09 is set to open her new restaurant Pastai in March 2013. Read more about Muller Daka and the restaurant in the New York Times.

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