Small, but lovely.
This place opened 4 months ago, according to Mihran, the owner. He explained that the tradition he is carrying on was started by his grandfather, although his grandfather's place was in Syria. He makes the jouns from scratch everyday, and there are limited quantities. As soon as those are sold out, that's it! Get there before that happens, people, cuz you don't want to miss out.
Decor is quaint. They have a counter where you can see all the various types of jouns for sale that day. Beside it there is a counter with all the salads and dips. At the register, they have preserves (blackberry, pumpkin, apricot, walnut) made in Armenia for sale. There's also some kind of music CD I did not investigate. Their salad option counter has a number of options (green olives, black olives, lettuce, pickles, hot peppers, pickled turnip, etc., and a bunch of the sauce options are made in house).
Had:
Tahn ($2.50) - I hope I didn't switch the h and the n in the spelling...This drink is a salted yogurt drink. It's not for everyone. I shared it with other people who likened it to drinking sour cream or drinking white cheese. It's not milkshake thick, but it's thicker than milk. It goes well with the mamjoun, adding almost a cheeselike element to it.
Mamjoun (1 - $2.50, 6 - $7.50, 12 - $15) - We bought six. We had half spicy and half not spicy. Usually, this is not doable because he makes them in half dozens, but his numbers worked out yesterday so we were able to try both. The spicy is not particularly spicy. It's a tad spicier than pepperoni. This tastes like a spiced pizza sans cheese. The dough used as the base is delicious and crisp. The sauce is extremely flavorful (did I detect a hint of cumin?) There's ground meat on there as well. You definitely want more than one of these. Mihran told me they also freeze well, so I bought some to go. Those I shared with enjoyed them as well.
Ham and Cheese joun ($5.50) - I ordered this one for my dad. I was surprised how much I didn't mind eating it after trying it. I'm not into ham and cheese. I don't like the taste of ham. After adding lettuce, black olives and tahini, this one was surprisingly good. I prefer the mamjoun and the spinach and cheese joun, but this one gets a solid 3/5 from me (I was expecting a sad 1/5). After adding salad options, Mihran folded this joun like a wrap, then put it onto the panini press to crisp it up. Crispy it was. Good amount of filling too.
Spinach and cheese joun ($5.50) - We ate this one like a pizza. We did not add salad options and sauces and fold like a wrap. At $5.50, it's not particularly cheap, nor is it expensive, but it's delicious. There's lots of spinach and lots of cheese. I'm not sure which I liked more, the mamjoun or this. Both I'd eat again in a heartbeat.
I've been told it's very busy Saturdays and Sundays around lunch, but on a Friday night for dinner, it was fairly quiet. It was lovely. There aren't many tables, and not much seating, but it's a really good (and I'm pretty sure fairly nutritious) grab and go food for cheap!
Final thoughts: This place makes fresh food and fast. There's nothing deep fried (to my knowledge) and although i like meat, I appreciate that there's a lot of veggies here and Mamajoun's makes eating my veggies easy! I hope Mamjoun's is at this location for years and years to come, because I think I might just end up becoming a regular here.