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| - I wanted to love this place but I'm going to have to give it three stars only.
The market itself is superb, with pretty much every possible ingredient, an outstanding butchery selling every part of the lamb (and whole lambs), industrial sized blocks of feta cheese, etc.
The restaurant is a small kitchen area with maybe ten tables. The staff is very friendly and accommodating, but frankly, the food we had was good but not great. The hummus in particular was not garlicky at all. The roasted chicken was a bit dry and the fattoush was, well, to me at least, it was a nice kind of sweet salad, not a proper fattoush. It was basically lettuce with a bit of tomato and olive. No cucumbers and no dried pita bread, which is kind of odd since they have a fabulous bakery and the bread was the highlight of the meal.
We bought extra bread to go and I'd go just for that. But as far as the food, I'd go in the neighborhood but it's not quite the mecca of mezzes that I was hoping for.
And if you want to buy a whole lamb, this is the place.
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