You got a decent gyros place around you?

[Colo Springs E]

I'm not aware of any 'great' gyros places around here... occasionally I do grab one at this place in the mall's food court, and it's actually pretty good.

[blues dues]

Originally Posted by vtcyclist

I ate a mighty tasty Gyro several times at a small restaurant in Alexandria, Va a little east and across the street from the Huntington Metro station on the yellow line. That was 10 years ago, but I can still mentally taste the flavors. Mmmmmm.

It's a pizza place now but they still serve the gyros & they're still great ;)

[TeleTim911]

We have The Purple Onion, it's a local chain, and pretty good IMO.

[HoodieMcFoodie]

All this talk of gyros, kebab and souvlaki is making me thristy...

[trev333]

when I saw all this talk about "gyros " I thought of this guy...


I don't hear that term around here ... kebabs, felafels, souvlaki, sure... never gyros...

[mr natural]

Is nobody here from Buffalo??? Crikey, when I was growing up there was a Greek "souvlaki" joint practically every other block. Too many to really pick a favorite although Wherle Restaurant was pretty dependable. Anybody remember this from SNL: You like the juice, eh? The juice is good? Then one day they ran out of the juice and had to climb mount Olympus and get more juice from Stavros, god of the juice. That skit used to crack me up. Later.
-Mr. N.

[WaylonFan76]

Well, I used to live in the South of France and they had a few Gyros places down there. I got one once and when I bit into it, I realized that the meat had been decomposing for a while while the heat was hitting it. It pretty much tasted like taking a bite out of a turd, not that I've ever done that, but I imagine that's what it would taste like. Cured me for LIFE.

[HoodieMcFoodie]

Originally Posted by trev333

I don't hear that term around here ... kebabs, felafels, souvlaki, sure... never gyros...

The term that comes closest here in oz is the rarely used "Yerros" or sometimes even "Yiros".

Anyway here's a link to everything you ever wanted to know about "gyros", care of the good folk at wikipedia.

[Nick Fanis]

"Gyros" cοmes from the Greek word "γυρος" (that means walk in a circle) that is in fact a translation for the original Turkish "Doner Kebab" ("a spit that spins")

In Greece what we call "gyros" is only the solid meat that comes from such a spin so (yes I know it is a bit tricky...) you have to be very carefull off what exactly you order in a Greek souvlaki place that also serves kebab,"kalamakia" (chunks of meat on a small spit),gyros and sometimes doner....

So if you want a pitta filled with ANY of the above you have to order "a souvlaki w/ gyros",or "a souvlaki w/ kalamaki".....or if you only want the meat (copious amounts & more expensive) served in a dish w/ potatoes,salad & one pitta order a "merida" (portion) of any of the above..

it gets evern worse in Thessaloniki and most of Northern Greece where if you order a "souvlaki" you always get a ..."kalamaki" and if you want a souvlaki w/ gyros you have to ask for a..."sandwich w/ gyros"...

[blowtorch]

"Gyro, fry, pepsi....ahhhhh, you likea the sauce?

NO COKE, PEPSI!"

[rcole_sooner]

We went to the Greek House, for lunch today. I'll smell like garlic the rest of the day now.

Mmmmmmm good!!!

[blowtorch]

Man there is not enough tomato on that. And lose the onions!

It still makes me hungry though

[Omiewise65]

Originally Posted by Nick Fanis

since it is minced meat the....quality of the cuts used in its preparation wasn't the ...best... (many stories about missing cats and dogs in Athens back than...)

Turks don't eat no pork because they may burn in something like heck for mümlüms for this .
But they have fun offering döner with Tsaziki made of 7 sorts of sperm here in germany .
Sometimes their döner houses go up in flames for this , if we find out .
Everybody has fun of their own , you see ?

[drb1346]

90 miles to the south in KC MO

[jkingma]

[pondcaster]

A decent gyro place around me? No.

But some of these pix are making me hungry...!

[Mike H.]

I have a place right across the street from my office.
But it is Turkish, not Greek. They wrap them with lavash instead of pita.
It's different, but good. I still prefer the Greek version.

[cband7]

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[Matty Ooch]

Originally Posted by Rolling Estonian

If you ever have a chance to try a doner kabab, it's the Turkish equivalent to a gyro. Instead of cucumber sauce they use a garlic sauce that is to die for.

M

Try selling those in Truckee California and you will probably be closed down for distaste

[Westerly Sunn]

Originally Posted by blowtorch

"Gyro, fry, pepsi....ahhhhh, you likea the sauce?

NO COKE, PEPSI!"

When I was in Technical School in Wilmington, NC back in the 70's there was a Greek family-owned diner that some of my buddies and I loved to patronize; not only for the good food, but because we got a kick out of them shouting the orders back and forth like the SNL skit we were familiar with!