We had headed over to the Monrovia Street Fair and Farmers Market. This is a really fun street fair that takes place each Friday night in Monrovia. The town is packed and is extremely popular.
We were all hungry and opted to sit down and have a nice meal, rather than walking around eating something on a stick. We were out of luck, though, as several popular places were telling us they had waits approaching an hour.
Finally, we came across a place called the Kabob Room that actually had tables open. Okay, maybe open tables aren’t a good sign on a busy night like tonight, but our stomachs told us to grab it. We always listen to our tummies!
The place has two sections; one is a take-out, deli section. The deli counter had all the good Middle Eastern foods that could be ordered there and eaten on the street. The other section is a sit-down, order-off-the-menu section. We chose to be seated and order off the menu.
The place is from another era. It has a kind of wood tone, 1960s, hippy feel to it. It has lots of knick knacks and dusty things sitting around. Some of the lights were burnt out and they had no air conditioning, so it was really hot. The place looked like nobody was too concerned what it looked or felt like.
We soon learned the room only had two waitresses working it. In order to order or get something, you first had to get her attention - this was not always easy. When our waitress did get to us, she was very nice. I felt bad for her as she obviously had way too many tables for one person to handle.
We ordered gyros and hummus, what we felt was a safe bet. The food took a very long time to show up at our table. We were beginning to write this meal up as a total loss, but then the food showed up.
The plates were piled high with delicious gyros on soft, hot pita bread. The meat was cooked to perfection, tender and juicy. The hummus on the plate was the best ever. It was wonderful. The whole meal was tasty and worth the wait and the bad decor.
I have to recommend this one. I advise you to buck up and just ignore the bad and dusty decor. I even have to tell you to bite your lip and put up with the so-so service. Because if you do both of these things, your reward will be one very fine and tasty Middle Eastern meal.