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| - Was out walking with my friend, her and her dog, around River Park. After her dog had its fill of someone's picnic dinner, she suggested we go grab a bite to eat ourselves.
She happens to be Calgary's pre-eminent Donair expert and she mentioned that she knew of a place not too far that was one of her faves.
I eat anything. I agreed. Besides, I don't get to see this friend very often, and she's about as awesome as they come, so any extra time in her company is time well-spent. She could have suggested we go eat dirt, and I would have agreed.
So to this little middle eastern market/deli did we go. I'm not judging the ambience here. It's a little corner store/deli. You only rate a place on ambience if it's the type of place where you'd expect some ambience. Thus this review is only concerning the donairs (and the little desserts we ate afterwards.)
As far as donairs go, these were pretty good. Not sure if it distinguished itself from other pretty good donairs I've had elsewhere. Basically a pita, some tasty donair meat, some veggies, and tzatziki sauce. So, about 3.5 stars for the donair, and 0.5 stars for Jimmy and the stories about the place from my friend. Jimmy's has a bit of history behind it.
The desserts were good. We had something called a honey finger, if I recall, though it looked more like a thumb. It was tasty and not overly sweet.
I would not drive out of my way to eat here, but if I was in the area, sure, definitely would return.
My friend has promised to introduce me to every other donair eatery in Calgary. So beware more reviews.
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