On a Friday afternoon in August, I was running an errand in the Georgia Ave area and decided to pop in for a late lunch and cooling drink. From the outside, this looks like a wings shop, but inside, it's more of a bodega/convenience store. I needed an ATM, so that worked out well. Then I looked at the beverage options in the fridge. There were a lot of brands I didn't recognize, but they did have Canada Dry Ginger Ale, so I opted for that. Then I looked at the menu and approached the counter. I was the only person in the shop. There's plexiglass between the counter and the shop and two windows/openings. There was one woman behind the counter, so after deciding on a lamb gyro, I ordered that from her. Or so I thought. She said she recommended it on rice. When I explained that I was on my way to the Metro and wouldn't really be able to sit and eat anything with a fork, I again ordered just the lamb gyro. Then she said they didn't have lamb. On the wall menu, only chicken and lamb were listed, but she told me she had beef in addition to chicken. Hmm. Ok. I chose chicken. She asked what kind of cheese I wanted--provolone or American. I thought that was an odd thing to put on a gyro, but I said provolone. She rang me up and the meal with my drink was about $13. She said it would be ten minutes. So I waited. Apparently, the kitchen is hidden from view, so my order must have gone elsewhere to an unseen person.
When my order was ready, a man brought it to the counter. After getting to my destination, I opened the container and found what looked more like a sandwich wrap than a gyro. I had to do a double take because whoever wrapped it in deli parchment paper--bless their heart--wrapped the entire outside of the tortilla, causing the paper to literally be the center and star of the sandwich. So I had to delicately unwrap it in order to eat it (and not the paper).
Despite not really being what I expected, the flavor was ok. The chicken was mostly thigh meat with lots of gristle, which my pup was grateful for. I did like the peppers. My guess is that this is a Door Dash spot, and had I ordered online, I just might have been less surprised at what came in the box. read more