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| - My husband is Greek. 100% Greek. As in, Easter means the family roasts a whole lamb on a spit. Uncle Dimitri will offer you the whole head of the lamb. Meaning our wedding, yes was very similar to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the movie. AND...everyone's last name ends in OPOLOUS or ISIS.
We know Greek food! Greco Fresh Grille is the real deal, and like the name says, FRESH.
GFG is bright and cheery inside, and immaculate. There's a definite blue and white Greek theme going on-- but it's modern and fresh.
Most Greek restaurants, I'm sorry to say, don't serve real tzatziki sauce. Most places use a cheap pre-made, preservatives-laden substitute, or they'll use sour cream. (GROSS! For sour cream, have Mexican food, mmmkay?) Not here. You can tell the sauce is yogurt, you can tell someone has shredded cucumber into it, and the garlic is nice and strong. Just how it should be.
Another pet peeve of most Greek joints, is the gyros are made from a pre-molded mystery meat that just gets shaved off a spit to look like it's the real deal. It's not greasy and Pepto-Bismol-inducing. It tastes distinctly of lamb and spices. The gyro is moist, the pita nicely warmed on the flat top, and full of flavor. The really friendly woman who served it to us, suggested keeping the foil on, and unwrapping like a present as you ate, so not to make a mess!
My husband's lamb burger was delicious and unexpected. Very clearly this was lamb, and it was served on a pita, not a bun. Our only suggestion would be to season the patty itself more, and to include yogurt sauce with it.
Instead of fries with our combo, we subbed salads-- not the traditional salads, but the shredded cabbage and arugula one. (The Lahano) It was crisp and refreshing. I'd like to have seen more arugula, but bottom line, it was a very nice accompaniment.
After we ate, my husband was in the mood for fries, after seeing someone else with a piping hot basket. The lemon oregano fries are killer! Think hot, fresh FIVE GUYS-like fries with the skins on...and freshly cut...except crispy on the outside and tender and fluffy on the inside. Then add plenty of lemon juice for tart...salt and oregano...mmm, we ate it all!
After overhearing another customer say "...since I had the hummus here, I can't eat the stuff at the supermarket..." we asked the cashier if she thought the hummus was good. She said it was great, and gave us a small sample cup with two flavors, a traditional one and a roasted red pepper feta. Alongside, were 4 mini pita wedges. Again, super fresh. (I'm used to more tahini in mine, but I suppose this is different than Lebanese hummus.)
The most rockin' way to end a meal...the galaktompoureko. This is a traditional Greek dessert made of an eggy, custard, set with farina, between sheets of buttery phyllo. HOLY MOLY don't tell my mother-in-law...but this is the best version I've ever had. It's flavored with orange zest, and super light but creamy and milky....oh how to describe it. Just give it a try. If you like flan and rice pudding you'll like this.
Bottom line, we were really impressed to find a Greek place that does things right. They're owned by Greek people, and obviously hire good employees, because every single person we talked with was kind and helpful.
My only wish, is there was a Greco Fresh closer to where I live!
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