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| - I just moved to the Charlotte area from Greensboro last week. In Greensboro, my favorite place to have lunch was/is Ghassan's on Battleground Ave. For one, the food is consistently good. I always get the chickon on pita platter, fries and salad (or sometimes, all salad- but at least they give you a choice). I will have to do a review of Ghassan's on Battleground Ave. because I could go on and on about how great they are (fast, consistent, friendly,realy delicious etc.). So, in need of something to remind me of home, I went to Akropolis in Ballantyne just up the street from my work. The service was not as fast as my dear, sweet Ghassan's. The menu was a little confusing, as I was looking for my old standby, so I asked they guy at the counter what would be a chicken on pita- he said it was the sandwich. He asked if I wanted fries OR salad. When I said both, he said I could only have one with the plate and would have to order one of them seperately... gasp! Ghassan's always lets you have both!!! So, I ordered the salad with the box and got a separate order of fries. It was a lot of fries. The pita was good, but not the best I've ever had. The pita wasn't as fluffy and warm and the chicken at Akropolis is not as tender as Ghaassans (sorry- if I could move Gassans to Ballantyne, I would!). The tzatziki sauce was $.65 extra but it's some of the best I've tried. The tea is sweet, but that's how I like it. The fries are big, thick steak fries (I prefer crinkle). The Greek salad is wide cut iceburg lettuce (I like the stingy kind better), a peice of red onion, a couple grape tomoatoes, a cucumber, I sliver of green pepper, one seeded kalamata olive, a tiny bit of feta, and on the side you get ample olive oil vinagarette, which they make too tart and peppery for my taste (too vinegarey, if that's a word). I put some of the cucumber sauce in my salad to take the tartness off and will probably do that every time. The salad was ok, not outstanding, but fresh. I'd like it cut up more, but, hey, they did give me a plastc fork and knife. The prices were very good. I did not eat in, but I did use the ladies room while waiting for my order. It's very clean. That always is a good sign that the kitchen is clean. You can actually see the cook from the counter. It all looks well maintained. I would eat there again, but I still long for Ghassan's on Battleground Ave. If you're ever in Greensboro, you have go there. Akropolis is not bad, but I wouldn't say they are great. They are decent, reasonably priced, and their tzatziki sauce has it going on! ...oh, and a little stingy on the ketchup for all those fries (just sayin'). Guess they have high rent in Ballantyne and have to control costs, which is understandible. LOL
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