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| - Wow, the other reviewers really aren't kidding when they say the owners of this restaurant are super nice and helpful! I'm no Mediterranean food connoisseur so it was kind of relieving when I walked in Baladie Cafe and wasn't pressured to order quickly or expected to know how to pronounce everything on the menu!
Anyway, I ordered my food to-go which it's recommended that you call ahead and place your order but since they don't have a copy of their menu online, first-time customers have to go in and order and wait. (They have paper menus you can take home with you). The wait isn't suspiciously fast by any means, it's just long enough for you to study the menu, read through your Facebook newsfeed and catch up on Words with Friends.
I got the Mediterranean platter ($8.99), the Greek Sampler platter (10.99), a side of seasoned fries ($1.60) and the lamb&beef shawerma ($5.50).
The Mediterranean platter is very flavorful and seems more like a healthy snack-plate or a small appetizer to share. It's a vegetarian platter that includes pita bread, hummus, babaghanouj (seasoned mashed eggplant), falafels (deep fried mashed chickpeas), dolmas (stuffed grape leaves), tabouli (finely chopped parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers and bulgar wheat), and a little lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pickle, olives and feta cheese off to the side. I would definitely get this again!
The Greek Sampler platter is only $2 more than the Mediterranean platter but it seemed like so much more food! It includes pitas, a half-size of their Greek salad, spanakopita (like Baklava but bigger & made with spinach instead of honey and nuts), mousaka (cooked eggplant dish), gyro meat, tzatziki (cucumber yogurt sauce), dolmas (stuffed grape leaves), and tomato, olives and feta cheese on the side. I built my own little pita pockets with the gyro meat, tzatziki, tomato and feta, plus I added a bit of the tabouli from the Mediterranean plate. It was DELICIOUS!
The seasoned fries were okay. They tasted homemade and sort of... healthy? I don't know. Some people may prefer these fries but I like the crispiness and saltiness of fast food fries too much to trade them in for Baladie's fries.
I didn't try the shawerma because it was for my husband and he ate it quickly, but he said it was delicious.
This place was great, the owners were sweet, the food was great. I will definitely be going back!
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