In 1975, Joe and Dalia Levoff opened “More Than Waffles” in the first shopping center ever located on Ventura Boulevard (Encino Town Center). Like many of the cooks that have remained with “More Than Waffles” since its inception, Ika Dekel found herself at home there, beginning as a waitress in 1989 and eventually becoming its manager. In 1994, a gentleman entered the restaurant and stole Ika’s heart and she became Mrs. Greg Taft. And as tradition would have it, Ika and Greg’s daughter, Henny, met her husband Mike while working there, and they were married August 7th, 2004.