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| - Stopped in on a rainy night on one of our semi-annual trips to Phoenix for NASCAR, when we try to visit a new restaurant each time. This was close enough to our hotel and right next door to one of our perennial favorites, Chino Bandido. This family-owned, family-staffed restaurant offers Middle Eastern/Greek/Mediterranean type fare - gyros, baba gannouj, etc. The BF had the gyro plate, which is the go-to Mid. East. meal for his limited palate. He enjoyed it very much - thinly sliced meat served with relatively plain rice. What I liked most about it was the sauce: not the typical over-tart tzatziki, but a more mellow version containing dill. I had the tabbouleh salad, which I think may be the best version I have eaten - not overly puckery with lemon, with lots of chopped tomato and onion. I also had the mushroom-and-potato boorak....and it was SO GOOD! Four pieces of the pastry, with a crisp brown bread crust, came atop a small salad of romaine and tomato - I could eat that dish all the time. I'm sure we'll be adding this place to our "regulars" list! (BTW - one point subtracted for having a leaky ceiling with no bucket or sign or any other warning - I stood underneath the spot accidentally and received a brief christening.)
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