Middle East Bakery & Grocery was started in 1981 by Hisham Khalifeh in an effort to bring to the area healthy and simple foods from his homeland. In what started as a small shop offering freshly baked…
Longtime fan of the grocery who had somehow never tried the restaurant until yesterday. This is our second order in as many days. The first time we split a meat combo plate and order of baba ghanoush between 2 people and had leftovers.
This morning, when I'd run out of pita, scraped up the last of the perfect, smoky eggplant with a spoon, and was plumbing the grooves of the container with my finger, I knew I was down bad. We ordered more stuff this time with trying the menu & leftovers in mind. For frame of reference, Kabobi is our go-to joint and will stay in regular rotation, we're just adding Middle East Grill. Here are the standouts in in descending order of whether I would lick the container:
GHANOUSH. The best I have had in the city, hands down.
Beef Kebab - juicy and perfectly done.
Chicken Shawarma - melts in your mouth. I liked the beef on the Mixed Shawarma plate and generally go for beef if choosing between them, but the chicken is so good it wins.
Chicken kabob- spicy, nice char on the outside, juicy on the inside (trying to avoid "moist"
Hummus: Lemon-forward, how I like it
Rice: yellow, buttery, reminds me of Semiramis.
Dolma = A+ no notes
For kefte, nobody's beating Kabobi, IDOF, or original Naf Naf probably, but theirs is good.
A good Ramadan to all who observe and thanks for feeding this infidel all week long!
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Jennifer P
54 contributions
3/2/25
• DoorDash order
What a beautiful plate of food! Out of this world Baba Ghanoush.
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Amanda S
2 contributions
2/22/25
• DoorDash order
I ordered the Kofta Plate, Lentil Soup, and Date Ma'amoul. Everything was packaged neat and secure. The food was fresh and tasty. Though, the pita appeared to the prepackaged kind.
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Luz G
1 contributions
2/14/23
• DoorDash order
Food was luke warm not hot but certainly very tasty! Salad was wilted. I would have liked the lentil soup to be a bit chunkier with some whole lentils but it had a great taste! The Combination Meat Plate was delicious. Every meat was good! Hummus was great! Thank you! Will order again!
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Sarah V
4 contributions
1/8/23
• DoorDash order
Everything is the best here: I'm obsessed with the chicken kebab and amazingly smoky baba ganoush; my husband LOVES the combination meat platter (says the chicken shawarma in particular is the tenderest and most flavorful he's ever had). Fast delivery, everything is always fantastic.
