I had a pretty strange experience at Sababa. A friend and I arrived around 2pm, so it was after the lunch crowd was gone. There was one woman eating on a table and there was just one guy running the place (at least that was visible) and he was in front of the counter.
He was a nice guy and gave us each a sample falafel to try. It was good and we ordered our food. The food was mediocre and I was really surprised to see that my part of the bill was $17!
I found the place to be overpriced and a little on the bland side. It made me a little nervous that there was only one guy there and he was taking orders, preparing the food AND handling cash. I just got a weird vibe from the place in general.