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| - The hubs is Greek, and I have a soft spot for homegrown Greek restaurants, (this one is Persian too) so when I was in the University area I stopped by to get some take-out.
When you step in, it reminds of you of an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Not that the decor is THAT terrible, but everything's got an overall greasy feel to it. The table tops had a grease sheen on them, and there were jars of condiments and bottles of ketchup just strewn about, half open, contents dripping from the lids. Flied swarming around those drippy looking bottles.
I should have turned around and found myself a BK or McDonalds. That would have been smarter.
I ordered the gryo platter with salad, and I kid you not, even though I was STARIVING, couldn't eat more than a few bites without getting disgusted and throwing it out. I NEVER do things like that!
The gyro meat was greasy and dried out at the same time. (How is that possible?) The pita seemed like it had been out for a few days and beyond the "best by" date. The salad though was the kicker.
The salad was pure iceberg, which is fine, but strangely enough, the whitest, palest part of the lettuce head. There was barely any actual green coloring to it. Fine, they had to use the center of the lettuce, no big deal. What was a big deal-- the BIG BUG I found under a pita wedge in the center of the salad! I understand you can't catch every bug, but you couldn't miss this puppy.
The cucumber yogurt sauce by the way did not seem to be made of Greek yogurt, but instead sour cream, which is what a lot of fast food Greek restaurants do. There was no dill or lemon to brighten things up.
Later that night, I got really sick. It was food poisoning, no doubt. Now, whenever I pass by that shopping plaza where Akropolis is..(which is rare thank godness)--I cringe and have a mini nightmarish flashback.
Run kids, run.
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