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Posted on 9/14/19 at 1:25 pm to jbgleason
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She picked up the phone and called the New Orleans store while I was standing there and was amazed when the number was out of service.
She must have called the Freret store, because the CBD store is somehow still open. I don’t know how anyone can enjoy their food. Everything is so dry. The rice is almost inedible.
Posted on 9/14/19 at 3:20 pm to LSUZombie
quote:The location in Houston is fantastic for a Sunday hangover. However I can definitely see it going south fast if cooked incorrectly.
Why anyone would eat Greek fast food was confusing to me
Posted on 9/14/19 at 9:31 pm to Pitch To Johnny
I agree, the Houston location is actually very close to what the carts were like in NYC
Posted on 9/14/19 at 9:44 pm to LSUZombie
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Why anyone would eat Greek fast food was confusing to me,
It's done very well in many places in Europe. It's often my go-to for lunch when over there.
Posted on 9/14/19 at 9:49 pm to LSUZombie
Halal Guys isn't Greek. It's Middle Eastern.
Posted on 9/14/19 at 10:40 pm to FultonReed
The one on St. Charles? That’s a late night Mardi Gras stop for me in addition to Brothers chicken.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:08 am to HandGrenade
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Halal Guys isn't Greek. It's Middle Eastern.
Sorry. I’ll clarify then. It’s no different than the many other restaurants who sell gyro, shawarma, falafel, and hummus in Baton Rouge; and the established BR places do it much better.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 8:09 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 9:07 am to HandGrenade
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Halal Guys isn't Greek. It's Middle Eastern.
For some reason people in Baton Rouge don’t understand the difference. They call any Middle eastern food Greek or Lebanese. I have never seen this anywhere else in the country. Most of the Middle Eastern restaurants there aren’t even Lebanese owned.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 9:34 am to mouton
Agree the two nations or food items are not even in the same nation, country or region. Greece is in Europe and Lebanon is in the Middle East. The seasonings used in each food is different.
That is like saying Cajun & Latin food restaurant, mmmm reminds me of New Orleans. Food!
That is like saying Cajun & Latin food restaurant, mmmm reminds me of New Orleans. Food!
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 9:36 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 10:05 am to mouton
It’s because Albasha has “Greek and Lebanese” front and center on their name, and other places like Serops, Roman’s, etc have basically the same menu.
In fact, a google search for “Greek food Baton Rouge” and “Middle Eastern food Baton Rouge” yield the same results. So people in this thread acting like there is some discernible difference in Baton Rouge is silly.
Halal Guys food might have been subpar. I never had it. But even if it were good I’d never pass up Albasha for it.
In fact, a google search for “Greek food Baton Rouge” and “Middle Eastern food Baton Rouge” yield the same results. So people in this thread acting like there is some discernible difference in Baton Rouge is silly.
Halal Guys food might have been subpar. I never had it. But even if it were good I’d never pass up Albasha for it.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 10:40 am to LSUZombie
But there is a discernible difference. It is two separate cuisines. Go anywhere else in the country and ask someone to recommend a good Greek restaurant and they aren’t going to send you to a Middle Eastern restaurant.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 11:46 am to mouton
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But there is a discernible difference. It is two separate cuisines. Go anywhere else in the country and ask someone to recommend a good Greek restaurant and they aren’t going to send you to a Middle Eastern restaurant.
I’m not arguing that. I’m saying why Halal Guys failed. It’s because people here don’t know the difference and if they want gyros and falafel they will go to their old favorites and not some new chain.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 12:26 pm to LSUZombie
Because when you hear the word “Halal” the average person thinks middle eastern. When you say “Greek” brings to you a different area specifically European which is more tolerable. So when a middle eastern restaurant wants to be more palatable they throw in the word Greek and squeeze in the word Lebanese and serve only middle eastern food. So, not surprising that Halal Guys is failing.
Lebanese food is good, Greek food is good. Not the same. Greek food has more similarities to Italian than it has to Lebanese. So everyone who thinks differently just keep eating Jambalaya with tomato’s in it and call it Cajun.
Lebanese food is good, Greek food is good. Not the same. Greek food has more similarities to Italian than it has to Lebanese. So everyone who thinks differently just keep eating Jambalaya with tomato’s in it and call it Cajun.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 12:33 pm to Hoya Saxa
Not surprised. The one in Shreveport folded a few months ago. It was always empty. Plus they were in a congested area.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 12:39 pm to NOLATiger71
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Because when you hear the word “Halal” the average person thinks middle eastern. When you say “Greek” brings to you a different area specifically European which is more tolerable. So when a middle eastern restaurant wants to be more palatable they throw in the word Greek and squeeze in the word Lebanese and serve only middle eastern food. So, not surprising that Halal Guys is failing.
I understand this. I just have never seen Middle Eastern food referred to as Greek outside of Louisiana. In other areas if they don’t just call it Middle Eastern they will refer to it as Mediterranean.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 12:46 pm to mouton
Agree completely.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 12:50 pm to mouton
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For some reason people in Baton Rouge don’t understand the difference. They call any Middle eastern food Greek or Lebanese.
By and large, the guys who first opened these restaurants were Lebanese Catholics that settled in South Louisiana because Catholic. Lebanon, being a kind of crossroads, has a cuisine that pulls in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences. So, they went with "Greek and Lebanese" to describe what they were bringing to South Louisiana and that's how we got to all food from that part of the world being either Greek or Lebanese to South Louisianians.
A surprising number of the Lebanese immigrants and their descendants have risen to positions of power. Salooms, Boustanys, Johns, Reggies, are all Lebanese or have Lebanese blood. Hell, Ted Kennedy's wife was Lebanese and from Crowley, of all places. You don't marry a Kennedy without political stroke somewhere unless you marry like one of the third cousins. But we're talking about one of the big ones here.
Anyway, I digress. Because of our Lebanese immigrants in South Louisiana, we have an inordinate number of fantastic Lebanese food options that you typically only find in large cities that attract a lot of immigrants and, not having any other cuisines from that part of the world to compare and contrast, they all kinda become "Greek and Lebanese" in our minds.
Since we're on the subject, do any of you know if there's a Moroccan place within reasonable distance of Baton Rouge?
Oh, yeah. The Halal Guys was crap. That's why it took a dirtnap.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 9/15/19 at 1:13 pm to TigerstuckinMS
They closed all 3 locations in Chicago this summer.. Tried it and it was okay, but there are so many mom and pop locations, with a similar menu that are better and closer to me...
Posted on 9/15/19 at 1:22 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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Since we're on the subject, do any of you know if there's a Moroccan place within reasonable distance of Baton Rouge?
I don’t live in Louisiana anymore but I gave never heard of any Morrocan or Persian restaurants in the area two of my favorite cuisines.
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