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709 Ninth Ave. New York NY 10019

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  • Israeli, Middle Eastern
    Daily 11am-10pm
    $$ $$
  • MasterCard, Visa, Discover
    Takeout, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly, BYOF
    Dinner, Lunch
  • BYOB
    Not Accepted
    Street
Description

According to chef Halabi Gazala, Gazala Place is the only Druze restaurant in the United States. Druze are an insular tribe that spreads across the Middle East (the chef grew up in Israel), practicing a religion related to Islam and Greek Gnosticism. The food is mostly familiar, but with some incredible twists. The pitas, for example, are thin, whole-wheat, gigantic, and cooked on a domed contraption in the window. Also displayed in that window are a range of mainly vegetarian flaky stuffed bureks, which make perfect carry-around meals. The menu runs from grilled meats (pick lamb kafta) to salads of phreak (smoked wheat) to bread dips featuring eggplant and fava beans in various combinations.








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Dinner Menu
Salads & Soups
$9.50
Gazala Salad
lettuce, tomato, cucumber, scallion, olive oil, lemon juice
$9.50
Goat Cheese Salad
mixed greens, tomatoes
$9.50
Feta Salad
feta, chopped tomato, lettuce, cucumber
$9.50
Dahlia Salad
lettuce, tomato, fresh mint, garlic, olive oil, walnuts
$9.50
Fattoush Salad
lettuce, tomato, fresh mint, cucumber, pita croutons
$9.50
Tabouli
bulgur wheat, parsley, tomatoes, lemon, olive oil
$12.50
Israeli Salad
chopped tomatoes, cucumber, scallion, parsley, mint, lemon juice
$6.00
Lentil Soup
$6.00
Chilled Cucumber Soup
Cold Mezes
$8.50
Lebanee
handmade goat cheese
$6.00
Taboule
bulgur wheat, parsley, tomatoes, lemon juice
$7.50
Babaganoush
grilled eggplant mashed with tahini
$6.50
Turkish Salad
sundried red peppers, onions, parsley
$6.50
Tahini
tahini with fresh lemon juice
$6.00
Hummus
chickpeas finely ground blended with tahini and lemon juice
$6.50
Hummus Mosabaha
hummus topped with chickpeas
$6.50
Hummus Moudammas
hummus topped with fava beans
$6.50
Hummus Tahini
hummus topped with tahini
$8.50
Hummus & Mushroom
hummus topped with mushroom
$6.50
Foul Moudamas
fava beans, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil
$6.50
Foul Massary
fava beans, tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice
Hot Mezes
$5.50
Potato Cigar
rolled pita stuffed with mashed potatoes, curry, spices, with tahini
$5.50
Meat Cigar
rolled pita stuffed with meat, onion, crisply fried with tahini
$7.50
Kibbe
meat stuffed with onions, pine nuts, herbs, spices with tahini
$6.50
Grape Leaves With Meat
stuffed with rice, served with cucumber yogurt
$6.50
Vegetarian Grape Leaves
stuffed with rice, served with cucumber yogurt
$5.50
Falafel
chickpeas, parsley, garlic, spices, served with tahini
Wraps
$5.50
Hummus Wrap
$5.50
Lebanee Wrap
$5.50
Lebanee And Zatar Wrap
$6.50
Kafta Wrap
$5.50
Falafel Wrap
$7.00
Chicken Wrap
$7.50
Lamb Wrap
Big Plates
$15.50
Halabi
chopped meat, parsley, onion, pine nuts, tomato sauce, served with rice and salad
$17.50
Kafta Tahini
ground beef served with tahini, served with rice and salad
$17.50
Lamb Hummus
hummus topped with chopped lamb, sauteed with pine nuts, served with rice and salad
$19.50
Moshakal
combo of lamb, chicken, and kafta, flame broiled, spices, served with rice and salad
 
Whole Fish Platter
choice of orata, branzino or barbounia (red mullet), served with rice and salad
$15.00
Chicken Kebab
white meat chicken, flame broiled, spices, served with rice and salad
$19.50
Lamb Kebab
tender lamb chunks, flame broiled, spices, served with rice and salad
$12.50
Falafel Platter
served with rice and salad
 
Lamb Of The Day
served with rice and salad
Pies
$5.50
Mankosha Pie
pita dough topped with oregano, olive oil, toasted sesame seeds
$8.50
Zatar & Cheese Pie
pita dough topped with zatar, homemade goat cheese, spices
$7.00
Meat Pie
pita dough topped with homemade kafta, tomato, spices
$8.50
Cheese Pie
pita dough topped with homemade goat cheese, spices
$5.50
Mahamar Pie
pita dough topped with sundried pepper, tomato, onion, spices
Sweets
$6.50
Date Cookies
semolina dough stuffed with chopped dates and walnuts
$6.50
Baklava
phyllo pastry filled with chopped pistachio nuts, honey-lemon syrup
$12.50
Kenafi
shredded dough topped with homemade sweet cheese, pistachio & honey
$5.50
Osh Al-saria
creamy yogurt pudding prepared with oranges and rosewater
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