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| - With my camping gear packed, water bottle filled I made the trek to the West side of town to The Village. Courtesy of a good friend of mine, this joint came highly recommended.
It's hard to miss the restaurant from the street with the beautiful purple trees outside (also found inside). We barged right in, shoved two long tables together and waited for all (8) family members to arrive. The dining space is huge! It almost seemed like after all the dining patrons have gone home the staff could easy shove all the tables aside and turn it in to one huge after hours dance party. A better analogy would be to describe the inside of The Village as a cafeteria, is that better?
On to the menu. A one-sided card with menu items listed there didn't appear to be anything over $10.00 on the entire menu; now you're speaking my language! The hummus was eh, the pita bread was decent, and chicken kabob was ok. Each entree comes equipped with it's own little mini "salad" -- I have placed salad in parenthesis because it was literally 4 pieces of lettuce, 2 cucumbers, and 2 slices of tomato; obviously not the highlight of the meal. The chicken kabobs were decent, healthy portion of rice served with this dish (never a bad thing in my book), but you have to order the yogurt sauce as a separate side; I didn't therefore my chicken lacked a tad in flavor.
All in all there's not much to report regarding the service since it's pretty much a "fast food" type Mediterranean eatery where you seat yourself, order, pick up your food and grab your own drinks from the drink station.
It's a cute concept but for me, not being in my neck of the woods and all I doubt I will find myself driving 25 minutes specifically to eat at The Village.
Price is fantastic, food quality decent, and nice purple trees?
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