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| - The "Quadrangle" or whatever this neighborhood is called (I thought it was midtown?) really lacks in dining options, especially for students that still have tastebuds from all the awful campus dining CSU has to offer. Pasha Cafe is an alternative to the 3 Subways, 2 Starbucks and the countless sandwich shops in the area.
Pasha Cafe offers reasonably priced Mediterranean food, such as falafel, shwarma, gyros, grape leaves, along with hookah every night. The falafel is moist, even though not made fresh, but the wrap tastes good for what you pay for. Sometimes one of the workers will ask you to pick from one of the pickled vegetables (turnips or carrots? I don't know about you guys, but I always thought you get all of them); other times not so. What motivates me to write about this place isn't the food, even though that's decent, or the hookah, which I am too much of a germophobe to try, but instead the personal, I mean REALLY PERSONAL customer service here.
One day, while on lunch break, I came in to order just a basic falafel wrap and a soda. The owner with the glasses and receding hairline made my sandwich, accompanying it with compliments directed towards me. I smiled and nodded. I just wanted to get this uncomfortable encounter over with so I can dive into my food. Well, as I was paying, he leaned in. I thought "oh okay he's leaning in to shake my hand. Maybe he's thanking me for coming in here." Then he got closer. ~cue Jaws music~ Alright maybe he is going to whisper something into my ear? Nope. This complete stranger kisses me on the cheek without any warning. Yeah it's a nice gesture, but when you're a 20 something year old getting a cheek kiss from a 50 something year old, I can't help but think something is a bit off.
BUT, if I was at any other restaurant, I would simply refuse to ever eat there again. Not at Pasha. Pasha Cafe does their Mediterranean food just well enough, that the ratio between creepiness factor and yumminess of food is about 1:3.
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