Since I moved to Charlotte I have been craving a tasty, dirt cheap falafel sandwich. I had recently caught wind that this neighborhood was blossoming with Middle Eastern choices, and La Shish Kebob was exactly what I had been hoping for. For $3 you get a decent (not generous but also not stingy) serving of falafel surrounded by tomatoes, mint (at least I could have sworn it was mint), tahini, onion, pickled cucumbers and peppers. All of it is wrapped like a burrito in a pita bread. Could it have used a healthy dose of hot sauce (and I don't mean the Texas Pete they had sitting on the table), yes. but it was utterly delicious without.
The restaurant is pretty standard for a strip mall outpost. I stayed to eat but that was just because I didn't trust myself to make it home without digging in. The gentleman behind the counter was helpful and let me know that they didn't have takeout menus in yet but they would on Monday. That's good news because as soon as I got home I was checking to see if I can make it to La Shish Kebob and back on my lunch hour...I can!