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| - I gotta start this review just to highlight the $2 juices. Yes, you heard me right people, fresh pressed juice for the low, low price of $2. And that's not all folks: you can add chia seeds, wheat germ or flax seeds to your juice for just $.35. How do they do it? I have no idea and I don't care. If this alone doesn't bring you in the door, I don't know what will. Here I've been running all over town paying $9 for juice, when I could have just gotten it at Boaz for much, much cheaper!
Boaz Cafe occupies the former Bonbon Cafe location. I'll spare you my lamentations on the loss of Bonbon, I don't think I'll ever truly recover, but what I can tell you is that the space is mostly set up the same. The main difference is that Boaz Cafe now offers fast casual service rather than table service. I had truly excellent service when I stopped in; the staff greeted me warmly, and I had multiple people explain the menu in case there was any confusion. Basically you can order off the menu a la carte, or you can order one of their $6 bowls and add all the toppings you want off their "salad" bar. I really was stunned at how affordable their prices are. This place feels quite trendy, the inside is really warm and comfortable, yet their prices are incredibly cheap. The menu choices remind me a lot of my longtime favorite Sittoo's, which offers delicious and affordable Lebanese food, but I can't always get out to their location. This is a perfect stand-in. They offer a lot of the same menu items such as schwarma/pitas, falafel, all of the obligatory middle eastern appetizers such as hummus, tabouli and kibbie, as well as one of my favorites: french fries seasoned with za'atar seasoning. You can easily order a really filling and tasty meal here for under $10, which is saying something in this part of town. My food was ready in just minutes, and I found the flavor to be really comparable to what I expected in terms of comparison to similar eateries. My only complaint is that I found the pickles and turnips in my pita to be a bit too thick which threw off the flavor balance of the pita as a whole, but that's if I'm being really nitpicky. Otherwise for a healthy, affordable meal, you really can't beat Boaz!
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