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| - Went to this place with the family to celebrate my college graduation, and I had made reservations the week before with OpenTable. I requested that they call me the Friday before we came (on Sunday), and they did not disappoint!
Decent place with a pretty rustic, yet vaguely exotic feel. Decor felt like it was Pottery Barn or Bombay Company (anyone remember them?) inspired, and even though my family and I dressed up, others wore casual clothes. Calm place, only two other tables. The waiter was friendly and helpful, catered to every need, though I believe he forgot some stuff a couple times. Nothing major.
Halal alert! All the meat is halal, which is awesome cuz my grandmother only eats halal meat. My parents had ordered some babaganoush, hummus, and grape leaves. Standard pan-Middle Eastern/Mediterranean fare, although I believe the owner is Syrian. I found the hummus and grape leaves to be decent, and my father, who loves babaganoush, found that to be excellent. I'm not a fan of babaganoush in general, so I didn't enjoy it, but it was well received by the other members of the table.
I ordered the beef kibbeh with couscous, which was one of the choices of sides. It also came with a salad, which was mostly iceberg lettuce, olives and a bell pepper. The kibbeh itself was a bit salty, but since it's a fried ground beef dish mixed with a grain (the same as couscous, perhaps), that's exactly the way it should be. It was delicious and presented in a compact rectangle while the couscous was a hemisphere. That made it look like far less food than there actually was-I couldn't finish either. Definitely worth your while if you like middle Eastern/Mediterranean!
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