AMINE-ZAITZEFF-Obituary

AMINE ZAITZEFF

New York, New York

1946 - 2021

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ZAITZEFF--Amine Wefali. Amine Wefali Zaitzeff, writer, and beloved co-founder, with her son Zachary, of Zaitzeff Burgers in lower Manhattan, New York City, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021. Amine and Zachary opened the burger shop in the fall of 2004 and it quickly became a lower...

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I´m devastated to read this now. I was childhood friends with Amine´s eldest daughter. Amine treated me like one of her own children. She was a living definition of elegance and grace. She showed me the importance of having a sense of humor, working hard in life, and treating every single person you meet with dignity and kindness. I think of her fondly and often. Amine was loved and is dearly missed!

My condolences to her family. I used to work at her restaurant. She treated me like family. Buba

I only found out a few weeks ago that amine had passed away. My mom Suzanne and I had known she was sick. Amine was a very special person. She loved much especially through her food. The flowers on the table at Zeitzeff burger and her smile and hugs whenever i came in. Even if I was just coming to say hi. She would want me to sit down and cook me something. She made life around her beautiful and joyful. She is surely serving the angels something sweet in heaven.

Rip Amine

Because Amine was so full of life, it is hard to imagine her gone. She was a very open and loving person, a quality her family will cherish forever. When my late wife and I met her at a reception for the law firm where Roger was a senior partner, she said, "you´re the first interesting people I´ve met tonight." That kind of candor was vintage Amine. Roger put me in touch with her last year when she was already sick with the cancer that would take her life. She told me she was completely...

I´ m so sorry to hear of Amy´s passing. My sincere condolences to her family.

Amy was a classmate in Nyack High School and we shared homeroom together there as well. We had a lot in common in our background. I remember her fondly. She will be missed. Rest in Peace dear friend.