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| - Now this was a find! Great wait staff, better food, amazing back story. A family restaurant hosted by Pjetër, new to Scottsdale ("my kids bribed me to follow them out here"), by way of Detroit, and before that long stay -- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut...and the Montenegrin side of Albania!
My friend suggested the four of us go to Char, largely because its food roots are Albanian and I'm soon heading out for 2+ years in the Peace Corps in Albania. We were in luck. The Farmer's Market kale and quinoa salads -- one with shrimp, the Tuscan Chicken wrap, the lamb gyro, all led off by the crispy calamari!!! and the wonderful Abbey Lee tomatoes (with extra Feta) were extremely well prepared and delicious. If this is anything like Albanian food, I'm going to love my time in the old country!
Pjetër was very kind to sharpen up my sloppy pronunciations of rudimentary Shqip and shared some insights into the Balkins' history.
Such a treasure, "me jetë të gjatë!".
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