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| - It's hard to make a really good yearo (to spell it the way it is pronounced), because all but one of the ingredients come prepackaged. That lump of spiced beef and lamb comes from a commercial distributor. So, probably, did the pita bread.
This is why, if you're at a street fair, gyros are safe choices. Unless the meat was pre-cut and then left unrefrigerated to go bad), everyone pretty much uses the same stuff.
The only things you can do to make the food good are (1) select very high-quality lettuce, white onion and tomatoes at the wholesale market on E 55th and (2) make a good tzatziki (the cucumber, yogurt and garlic sauce).
Gyro Guys does both. One of the things that helps is that the owner runs a catering business after he closes at 7 PM. That's a cut-throat industry; pink, tasteless tomatoes (with unripened centers) and wilted lettuce will cost you a client. By getting the stuff for one business, they can use it in the day job.
It's why the potatoes and rings taste better-- he's using better product. The beer in the ring batter helps too, and they change the oil regularly. Rings (which are harder to get right) are better than the fries (I know 5-10 places as good).
The sauce has good product-- and it isn't jazzed up. They're not under the delusion that it should taste like Big Mac Sauce (as the overhyped place a few blocks north believes). It's SUPPOSED to be a little sharp, so it bites you a bit and highlights the meat. The yogurt isn't bland white stuff; you can taste the cucumber and the garlic
(The other review is right; it does use a lot. As Martha Stewart, the daughter of Satan likes to say, this is "a GOOD thing".)
Size on the colossus is good. I'm a big guy and it fills me up. Prices are reasonable, given the amount of food.
Can't say how the service is because I've never come in when they were slammed. Every time it's been really fast. But if there's one person in front of you and no one behind you ,how can you judge?
Never ordered any sandwich but the gyros, but I assume the other stuff is fine. The guy runs a catering business; I figure he knows how to make a turkey or tuna salad sandwich. ,
Docking one star because (1) traffic can be a hassle and street parking can be a little tough (best bet is the side street, but you can end up being pretty far down the block, (2) no fountain drinks (only cans and bottles), which means no ice on hot days and (3) all they got is baklava for dessert.
But if you need a gyro, this would definitely be the pace to go.
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