Greek Restaurants

[Tiff]

All I want is a gyro. A REALLY good gyro with thick sliced meat. Where does one find a gyro in the area??

It's Greek to Me is not an option - we ate there once 9 years ago and it was the WORST greek food I ever had. We used to get good gyros from Steak To Go - but they were delivery only and their quality declined,.. then they closed. Judging by the reviews, It's Greek to Me has not changed from how I remembered it. Dry, tough and lukewarm.. not worth the money.

[JKTex]

What about the place at 26 and main street in Grapevine. It's the walk up sandwich place on the SW corner. I've never been, but have heard it's really good.

And it's pretty close, go the GV Mills Mall, head west past Great Wolf and pull in at Main.

[tumbleweed]

Are you talking about Cero's Heros? Nothing special.... Boar's Head meats and cheeses on nothing-to-write home about rolls. Don't know if they have Gyros there but I wouldn't expect they'd be anything close to authentic. Unfortunately, when we want good Greek/Middle Eastern food, we drive to Frisco (Fadi's), Arlington (Prince or Beirut Rock) or Las Colinas (Ali Babba).

[Tiff]

Grapevine isn't exactly 'around here' I mean in Flower Mound/Lewisville.

I had a yummy Gyro fix over the weekend at a nondescript place I probably would not have chosen to eat at if I wasn't craving food that's not standard. One Gyro later and I'll remember that place. PERFECT gyro with juicy, chunky meat for a whole $4.

As much as I love sushi... I'd trade three fourths of the ten to many sushi places for one good gyro place.

[skiing1974]

Tiff,
so that perfect gyro for $4 you just had was where...? Actual Greece?;)

[Tiff]

I wasn't driving, so the only thing I know is that it was on the way to Lonestar Comics main office in Dallas. Somewhere between there and a Half Price Books.

It's amusing when I pull up the map and it shows a whole bunch of greek fast food/sit down restaurants in the 'area' and there's this huge HOLE over Lewisville/Flower Mound.

[Pipeline]

I wasn't driving, so the only thing I know is that it was on the way to Lonestar Comics main office in Dallas. Somewhere between there and a Half Price Books.

It's amusing when I pull up the map and it shows a whole bunch of greek fast food/sit down restaurants in the 'area' and there's this huge HOLE over Lewisville/Flower Mound.

Maybe amusing, but not amazing. We eat TexMex or BBQ 'round these parts. Who can tell what is in Greek food, goat?

[skiing1974]

Lamb is the favorite of theirs-yummy. But lamb is either loved or hated, I haven't met anyone who is in between.

[Tiff]

I really don't like barbecue... being diabetic and all. There's too much sugar in the sauce and I'm VERY sensitive to the sugar, especially if it's mixed with a tomato base. It tastes nasty. I have the same issue with pace picante sauce and other sugary sauces. I also don't like messiness.. or those yucky baby back ribs. They're the trash part of the pig, people! Give me a nice thick meaty beef rib or if I MUST eat a pork rib, make it from Corky's where I can eat the bones!! (Growing up in Texas, we always had the beef ribs, which nobody serves around here, now that's barbecue.)

As for lamb, I'm in between on lamb. I like it when it's mixed with other meats, but by itself it's too 'strong' for me to eat without being grossed out. I may have just never had it cooked in a way that I could tolerate.

[vegimo]

Tiff,

Why do you refer to baby back ribs as the trash part of the pig? They are the portion of the ribs next to the tenderloin and they are quite tasty. When they are included with the loin portion they are the same cut as what would be called the standing rib roast from a cow. I have heard from someone else that the tenderloin of a pig was the worst cut, and their reasoning was that if you are going to eat a pig, the more fat you have the better. Is this why? Just curious.

I do like a good beef rib too. I think this weekend might be a fine time to search out a good one and fire up the grill.

[Tiff]

I came around to that listening to the owner of a BBQ place complaining about people coming in and ordering baby backs, which used to be tossed aside because they don't contain a lot of meat. Restaurant owners simply went the Apple route, said it was special enough times and slathered it with a thick layer of sauce until people accepted it and now pay more for the pleasure of trying to strip a little bit of meat off the bones. Outside of that, the taste is bad to me ... back to the whole too much sugar mixed with tomato statement. Once, I liked it, but after a decade of cutting back on sugars, now it's just... gross. Beef ribs (Non standing rib roast. I don't think I've even ever had one.) taste fine to me done without a lot of BBQ sauce, but pork... is just too messy and doesn't reward you well for the work.
You'll note I DID make an exception for the ribs from ONE restaurant, where I get them dry rubbed when we go to TN/AR. As yummy as I think a good marbling is (I like tenderloin ok), lack of fat isn't the reason. I'm a meat eater. I like meat and marrow if I can get it over fat. I prefer fat in my fatty fishes... like ... sashimi.
Maybe I've become anti pork?

*sigh* Remember 3 years ago when you could get a huge package of beef ribs on sale for less than a dollar a lb in the summer? I miss those days - my husband doesn't... he doesn't like ribs in general - too much work for too little payoff.

Where I found the $4 gyro. They're not huge, but they are filling and the pistachio felafel was good too!
Gyros House
720 West Division Street, Arlington, TX 76012-3908

[skiing1974]

speaking of marrow, where (stores, not restaurants) can one find beef bones that could be roasted and yummy marrow eaten? I have only seen it in a couple of restaurants served as a side, and it is always a super expensive restaurant.