People always say you can never have a bad meal in Italy. Whether or not you agree is really quite…read moreirrelevant because the fact of the matter is you can never have a bad meal in Italy! If you're a fan of Italian food a visit to Tuscany will just open your eyes to amazing possibilities. While there are restaurants that abound this region it's always a pleasure of mine to find those hidden gems that only the locals know about. Case and point this humble establishment Farid Kebab in Prato. My friend Francesco mentioned how good this place was so we had to give it a try. Now I've had my fare shares of halal food here in the states and other places but this would be my first in Italy. This hole-in-the-wall, which in this case is truly in the literal sense since the store is the size of a closet, serves up some delicious Mediterranean food. The meat sizzles from the gyro machine and for a couple of euros you can have a choice of a combo platter or an all meat platter that has a generous portion of food. And by generous I truly mean a crap load! No complaints here. We ordered the combo platter and the meat platter. For less than 15 euros for both dishes the deal was a bargain. The meat platter consisted of a sizable helping of meat shaved from the turning machine of meaty-ness, with mayonnaise, ketchup, tzatziki sauce, and hot sauce in between the two layers. You read that right people they pile on the meat, add the amazing combo of sauces, and then add another layer of meat!!! They do the same thing with the combo platter but also add fresh vegetables, French fries, onions, etc. and then top with more meat then drizzled with the heavenly sauces. I keep drooling every time I think back on that fateful night. I think I need to contact those guys running the place and see if I can borrow their recipe. I bet you this place would make bank here in the states. So as I said in the beginning you can never have a bad meal in Italy. And based on this humble place ain't no one changing my viewpoint anytime soon.

Great taste. Great value. We had the Panino chicken kebab and the Piadina kebab and they were…read moreexceptional. Super nice people. Very clean. We will return next time we are in Prato.

Holy Falafel !…read more Today while spending most of the day in Sesto Fiorentino, at the ESSERE IN VOLO event, we took a lunch break here at the pizzeria kebab place and it was AMAZING. Actualy I didn't even know they had pizza until just now looking at the menu/brouchure they gave me. Everyone was eating Kebab/Falafel sandwiches. You know those kebab places that you walk by, and it smells good, but when you peek inside it just looks kind iffy ... iffy in the sense that you're not sure how long things have been sitting out and atmosphere of the restaurant makes you think of that time you went out to that "exotic" restraurant in the shady part of town, and your friend assures you that everything is ok, but you spend the whole night in the bathroom ... from food poisoning ?? you know what kind of feeling ? WELL, this is not that place !! ; ) My point is, is that everything ingredient they've got out looks really fresh, the place is clean and the staff is super freindly and helpful. I had the falafel panino. The bread was soft and fesh .. and warm ! The falafel was good, and they put in all the veggies that I wanted, lettuce, cole slaw, tomatoes, french fries, onions, yogurt sauce, hot sauce and ketchup. (yeah I put ketchup on falafel...shoot me) ... IT WAS SOOO GOOD! I don't remember having a panini this good ! The prices are super reasonable, even if you are on a budget. Now looking at the menu, I see they have the normal/specialty pizzas, hamburgers, salads and some curried meats and veggies with rice, in addition to the sandwiches. If your traveling in or around Sesto Fiorentino, you gotta check out Sesto (pizza) KEBAB.... you absolulely must ! : ) that's all