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| - Family Restaurant is a place that doesn't have a ton of advertising and isn't in a hot location where you will know of it by passing it, so hopefully these reviews give it the credit it deserves! It is a local restaurant owned by a dedicated and very hardworking couple that strive to give quality food at an affordable price. There is street parking and there are always spaces available. The building is well lit on the outside and the inside, so you can't miss it on Brownsville road. The ambiance is great in the dining area! The walls and chairs are a deep red and there are a lot of ethnic touches- from vases and trinkets to the wall art. Sam, the owner and his wife are so appreciative of your business and work really hard to make sure you feel satisfied. Sam is looking to put more of a vegan flare to the place, in which we will see a lot of awesome changes in the future months! It is wonderful to see him expanding the restaurant to fit the needs of the customers! A lot of his foods are already vegan- from the hummus to the fattoush salad, so yes, this place is VEGAN FRIENDLY! All of the ingredients are fresh and combined beautifully in all of the dishes, making your palette ready to thank you afterwards!
Under "A La Carte", the hummus appetizer is well worth the $5.50. The serving is large and comes with pita bread for dipping. The chick peas are fresh and with the additional tahini sauce, garlic and lemon- you will be turned off from store bought here on out! The rice pilaf appetizer is good as a meal. Once again, it is a huge serving and the taste is truly wonderful. It tastes fresh, buttery and with the pine nut toppings and seasonings- perfect. It is something you just have to try! $5! Where can you get a quality appetizer for that price?! The loobyeh is great as well! It is a mixture of green beans and tomatoes in what tastes like soup, but that taste is due to the way that it is stewed. It is a wonderful, fresh dish.
Under "Soups & Salads", I had the spinach lentil soup, which was filled with spinach and lentils. The taste is not as lemon based and sharp as their other dishes and has a more subtle flavoring. It would be great along with the hummus appetizer. The chicken vegetable soup is good, but is not terribly unique. I would definitely order it again though. The tabboolee salad, WOW! All fresh herbs and vegetables combine (parsley, tomatoes, onions, bulgar wheat, lemon, olive oil) to create the most invigorating, light dish you probably have ever had! Yum! The fattoush salad is my FAVORITE! I would recommend order this salad to anyone who is health conscious, looking to try a unique salad or who wants to gobble down a whole bunch of goodness! The flavors are so powerful and amazing that you can kiss your salads drenched in ranch goodbye!
"Dinners" I really enjoyed the kibbee balls- so unique and tasty! You will get two football shaped medium sized balls that are filled with sirloin, bulgar wheat, onions and herbs. The breading that encases these balls is wonderful! I even dipped them in a side of yogurt, which made for an interesting . On Saturdays, they offer RAW kibbee balls, which I have wanted to try SO BAD (because I eat outside of the box ;) ) but I have stopped eating beef, so I will hope that a brave soul tries these and lets us know what they are like!!!
"Sandwiches" My FAVORITE dish, aside from the fattoush, is the chicken schwarma. Oh my goodness. The sauce they put on this wrapped pita is like the cucumber sauce you get on gyros but so much better! I could probably eat one of these a day! I order them all of the time and they never get old! I promise you that you won't be disappointed! Oh and the baklava- amazing! If you've never tasted this buttery, syrup filled treat, are you in for a surprise!
They also offer more American based foods, like pizza, wings and hoagies, which are good though I haven't tried much, but the real talent lies in the ethnic dishes! Do me a favor: order outside of the box! Try something new and be adventurous! This is a great restaurant to do it! I just realized that I have gone here so many times and tried so many dishes but this place will have you coming back for more- I'm living proof! :)
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