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| - Directly across the street from Pape station is a small place in plain sight called Souv Like. In the heart of Greektown lies this tiny Greek place with a menu so simple it's really only 6 things some of which repeat because they are the same thing except with different meat (chicken or pork) where as either lamb or beef was an option it was scratched out.
This is one of the reasons I love Yelp. I normally don't spend much time on the east side but when I do I seem to make the most of it. Places like this place just reaffirm that Yelp works and the public's opinions mean something and if you take all the aggregate opinions and roll them into a ball and serve it up like a belt high fastball, you too can hit it out of the park.
At first glance the place seems as small at it appears. There are perhaps 3 tables of 2 inside and a couple outside. While waiting in line it seemed most people were taking their orders to go. The menu is on the chalk board not even at eye level to the left on the wall opposite the cash counter. Gyro wraps, Kontosouvli wraps, Souvlaki wraps (chicken or pork for each), yes that's it and nothing is more than 7 dollars. Simple? Perhaps a better terminology is efficient. Immediately I was awestruck at the sheer size of those spinning cones of meat.
You know when you go to a place and if you're a meat lover like me you can admire the spinning meat on those vertical spits cooking the meat evening and crisping the outer parts in a perpetual skilled cycle that just turns and turns and gets shaved and then just keeps turning? Well these meat displays were huge. I mean wide, girth, arms around it kind of wow. I can't say how heavy one of those things were because to call them cones would be inaccurate. They weren't narrower at any point rather just a really healthy looking impressive mass of spinning and cooking loveliness. I heart that display... I swear they had to be over 18 inches in diameter if not closer to 2 feet from afar. It was just amazing to look at.
OK enough of the gawking at the pair of spinning meat twins and back to business. The food... I had looked online before coming here and noticed there were dinner versions not mentioned on the menu which only had the wraps mentioned. I had to ask the gentleman about that and he said, "yes, there is a dinner plate that comes with fries, salad, pita and the meat of your choice". I was like like hell ya hook me up. OK I didn't actually say it like that but yes I was going to get that, chicken version.
So while waiting in line I was able to see the fine gentleman making wraps for others so I had an idea of what it was about. My wife wanted a chicken wrap so she had asked for that but without the fries inside. Fries inside? Kind of sounds like a Pittsburgh thing. I would have went for that if I was getting that because it looked good. The customers behind us were saying she was missing the best part and told her to ask for the secret sauce. They were Greek saying the Greeks know what it is and how it's a must have on the wrap.
I was waiting for my order and noticed that the gentleman serving us wasn't' getting a plate together. He was actually getting a TRAY, covering it with paper and then placing what would become my lunch on what seemed to be at least 14 by 14 inch tray. I'm like ok, this is more than a square foot of food and wow was it ever generous. Fries, salad, grilled pita and what seemed to be greater than a pound if not more (I estimated at least 20 ounces) of meat. I was blown away. This was an entire tray of food, easily enough for the both of us but instead all mine. It was what...15 bucks? I couldn't believe how much food this was as it was truly a feast. The best baseline to explain how much food this was is whether I (who can eat more than an average person I'd say) can finish this meal in one sitting or not. The answer was a resounding "NO". This was a LOT of food and while I'm greedy and can eat a decent amount on any given day this serving just won if it were a contest. It was no contest really as it was over before it even began.
Now regardless of the serving size of this meal if also was in fact very good. The chicken although carved from the outside (which is what you want) was still very succulent and not just dried up tough pieces but very much the contrary. The meat was so good, tasty and seasoned. My wife liked hers too, a bit salty for her she said but for me it was right up my alley. The salad was crispy and cold and the fries were fresh and piping hot while the pita just balanced out the entire meal. What a meal! I couldn't finish it as I mentioned so my wife asked for a take out container.
*Cash and debit only
Souv Like - a tiny place across a subway station in Greektown. I found it through Yelp and this is why Yelp works for me, time and time again. This is why I Yelp.
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