Best Middle Eastern Food ~ Los Angeles
Gridskipper, a helpful map-based travel site, has a list of the best Middle Eastern Restaurants in Los Angeles. Their list is OK but they’ve forgotten a couple of spots that really should be on there:
1. Sunnin Cafe. This Westwood hole-in-the-wall can be inconsistent but it’s generally got the best Middle Eastern fast food in the city limits. The hummos is great, the spinach pies are excellent, and the kebab and shish tawaouk sandwiches are tops.
2. Carnival. A Valley restaurant that gets crowded with Israelis and Palestinians alike for a reason– the food is good, the price is right, and everything is fresh and authentic.
3. Alcazar. I haven’t actually been here but J. Gold loves it and it sounds amazing. Plus, they serve Arak.
4. Anaheim. There are more good middle eastern restaurants in Anaheim then all of Los Angeles combined.
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pantavila wrote:
Alcazar– very good meat, good hummos….
Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 11:42 am | Permalink
Evan wrote:
Sunin also has another location, in Long Beach on 2nd Street in Belmont Shore. It’s much more a sit-down restaurant than Sunin in Westwood, but the food is just the same.
Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 2:57 pm | Permalink
asaa wrote:
As long as Zankou is #1, that list is OK by me…Love me some zankou….
Posted on 05-Jul-07 at 9:31 pm | Permalink
ABDY wrote:
What ya’all are missing is the fact that east Hollywood and Glendale are packed to the gills with Middle Eastern restaurants owned by Armenians and Persians that are far and away better than any of the places you’ve mentioned here. Arax, just for one, on Normandie and Santa Monica, was reviewed favorably by Jonathan Gold, and it’s just a small bar with four tables, but amazing hummus and falafel.
Posted on 07-Jan-08 at 9:12 am | Permalink