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Eddie Flores Jr., president and founder of L&L Drive-Inn and L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, on May 18 will be the first Hawaii business leader to receive the National Restaurant Association’s Faces of Diversity American Dream Award.

"I’m very thankful for everything this country did for me, because it gave me the opportunity as an immigrant to succeed," Flores told PBN from Chicago, where he is with family and colleagues for the weekend.

Flores, who is Filipino-Chinese and started the Honolulu-based restaurant franchise in 1976 after moving to Hawaii from Hong Kong, was chosen from thousands of applicants and 50 finalists nationwide freecreditreport.

The award comes as the first foreign-based L&L restaurant is scheduled to open in American Samoa on May 18. It will be followed by a New Zealand location in September.

There are 185 L&L restaurants Hawaii and Mainland.

The National Restaurant Association represents 945,500 businesses and 13.1 million employees nationwide.

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