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| - I don't know the exact menu names of the foods I just ate but I am so happy I just decided to check out the Istanbul Grille. I was really craving a fresh meaty wrap or something, and shwarma crossed my mind, so I popped in for one but they were out of meat. I was bumming while the owner explained that everything is that-day-fresh and so when they're out, they're out.
I said, "ok I'm super hungry though so I'll come back another time," and he was like, "wait, do you have any allergies?" I said I didn't and he started putting together a take-out container, asking if I liked this or that. And I like everything so he loaded some delicious looking eggplant based sides, Babaghonnush and some tomatoe-y version atop a tossed salad with a fresh herb dressing and bulgar rice with housemade hot sauce, that was HOT.
And then since I was clearly eating here, I told him stuffed grape leaves are my fave, and he threw one top of it all along with 2 of the most decadent artichoke hearts I've tasted. I asked him how much I owed him for this magnificent salad and he said it was on him! Floored. His employees were hard at work closing up for the day so I put a nice tip in the jar, but now that I've finished my lunch I wish I had put more in!
A top notch lunch experience, I'll be back many times.
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