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| - Shab's is my new favorite lunch spot downtown. While not always home to a perfect meal, they do hit a lot of the items on my personal checklist for fast, reasonable lunch spots. Plus, the wait for food here is about a quarter of the time I've spent at other eateries that specialize in healthier meals - which is pretty big perk, I have to say.
The menu at Shab's isn't the longest, and when you walk in it's clear that this place is meant to be a fast stop; the seats and tables remind me of a cafeteria and there isn't much in the way of welcoming decor. But, it is a bright and clean place. They also routinely hand out brochures and flyers that list their meals and calorie counts in plain sight - which is more convenient than going online and navigating through a website or Googling to find nutrition info on what I want to eat. Fast, healthy food to go? I'll sacrifice cute decor for that.
The food itself is generally tasty too, with options ranging from just salads; to platter plates with meat, rice and vegetables; to gyros and pita wraps. However, I do have one complaint about the food they serve: they microwave some of it. I mean, you can see them do it as you wait for your order. As a result every piece of meat I've eaten here is bone dry - hence my less-than-five-star rating.
Fortunately for Shab's, I like eating here because they aim to serve healthy dishes overall, and they do serve fresh vegetables; even more fortunately, when you slather any meat in the sauces that come with your meals, it helps to mask the dry parts of your meal. If nothing else, I always have the option of bringing some juicer cuts of meat to work myself, and just getting my salad at Shab's. And since it's quicker to grab a fast, healthy meal here than many other places near my office, Shab's for the most part is more than a satisfying lunch option in my book.
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