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| - I saw the Yelp reviews and decided to try Dino's Greek and Italian Grill. The real driver for me was seeing that they had stuffed grape leaves, stuffed with meat. Most everywhere else I've tried only has the vegetarian version.
My family made stuffed grape leaves when I was growing up, and it's one of my favorite dishes. We called it yabra, the Greeks call it dolma or variations of that word. The recipe I grew up eating has beef, lamb, rice and tomato sauce as the primary ingredients of the filling, wrapped in a grape leaf. Dino's version has beef and rice, and some sort of lemon juice or something.
It was very good, and I'll go back for it again. I don't think it's nearly as good as the version with tomato sauce, but it's still better than any others I've found in a long time.
I also had a lamb gyro. The meat was nicely cooked, and the portion size is about the same as most gyro's. The meat was in rather large chunks for a sandwich, and I ended up using a knife and fork to cut it into smaller pieces. The flavor was excellent.
Service was excellent. The same person seated me and was my server. There was only a small lunch crowd, maybe 4 or 5 tables. She was attentive without being a pest, courteous, and got everything right.
I'll be back to try some of their other dishes.
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