This place is amazing. It’s so rare to find food that is simple, clean, healthy, hearty, flavorful, and unbelievably delicious. I was very surprised.
Saturday for lunch around 1 pm – PACKED. For a 2 person table we were quoted 1.5 hours. Luckily, there was a free spot at the bar (no wait) and they were very nice and pulled up another stool so we could squeeze in and eat right away. Just FYI – when we were leaving around 2:30 pm, we again asked how long the wait would be and were told there was still a 1.5 hour wait. I don’t really think Saturday/Sunday lunch is the time to go, but it worked out really well.
The place is pretty small, cute, and simple. But the food is fantastic.
Grapefruit and Yogurt – Lebanese yogurt (thick and creamy) with pink grapefruit slices (cleaned perfectly), mint, and granola on top drizzled with honey. Amazing combination and delicious. Please get this one.
Chicken Kebab – four white meat chicken pieces on a skewer, marinated with peri-peri seasoning, grilled, and served with an incredibly fresh and light chopped salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and mint (super light olive oil dressing) and simple, but perfect couscous. This dish is served with a green sauce (as are some of their other dishes), which is made from tomatillos, jalapenos, spices, another pepper, and olive oil. It’s spicy and delicious. The entire dish is so simple that it could have been such a mediocre dish if everything wasn’t done perfectly, but it was. It couldn’t’ve been better. Healthy, satisfying, and delicious.
Grilled Eggplant Baguette – grilled eggplant with roasted tomato, thick sliced fresh mozzarella, and pesto on a white baguette. Served with fries or a salad (we got the fries). Now eggplant sandwiches are usually just “pretty good,” but this one was very hearty, good quality, and flavorful. Probably one of the best eggplant sandwiches. The fries were simple and standard – nothing amazing about them, but they were done well enough.
I would be back here all the time if I knew there wasn’t going to be a long wait. I have enough confidence in this place to try many things on their menu, but I’d be surprised if any of them matched up to the three above. Green Shakshuka is very popular – saw that dish ordered a lot. Might try the mashed avocado one day or the rosewater waffle.
