Gyro II (on 7th Ave. btw. 33+34th)
You all know that Midtown Lunch has a love affair with the gyro, whether being served chopped up as the “lamb” portion of a halal platter, or patiently cooked and sliced correctly to be served in a real gyro (like they do at the Famous Chicken Place or at [...]
Posted: 4:00 pm, July 15th, 2009 under Greek, Gyro, New York Times, Street Meat.
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“Why don’t you write about the places on 9th Ave.!?!” is a question I get a lot. My reply is usually some form of “Well then I have to go to 2nd Ave., and 26th street, and 65th Street… and then it never ends.” Essentially, you have to have boundaries or else it’s complete chaos. [...]
Posted: 11:45 am, April 30th, 2009 under Greek, Out of Bounds, Sweets.
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After posting about the mediocre gyro at Gyro II, I complained that I couldn’t find a decent Greek version of the gyro sandwich in Midtown (my nit picky distinction between a “Greek” gyro, and what you get at street meat carts is in the original post). As always, the commenting faithful had some good suggestions, [...]
Posted: 11:31 am, June 6th, 2008 under *3rd Ave. btw. 38+39th, Famous Chicken Place, Greek, Gyro.
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Since I started this site, I’ve been on a quest to find a *real* gyro sandwich in Midtown. And when I say ji-roh or yee-roh or however the hell you want to pronounce it, I mean the Greek inspired sandwich, featuring slices taken from those giant hunks of rotating meat you see on every [...]
Posted: 10:34 am, May 12th, 2008 under *7th Ave. btw. 33+34th, Greek, Gyro.
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