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709 Ninth Ave. New York, NY 10019

212-245-0709

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Critics'
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Best Middle Eastern
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Israeli, Middle Eastern

Hours: Daily 11am-10pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly, BYOF

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: BYOB

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

According to chef Halabi Gazala, her 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.

2009 | Best Middle Eastern

RobtS: Middle Eastern restaurants have been one of New York's best choices for quasi-healthy food delivered quickly and at reasonable prices--ever since Mamoun's handed its first falafel over the counter in the 1970s. SarahDG: Cut to the chase, please! RobtS: The collection of overlapping cuisines is much richer than the falafel and schwarma suggest. I was blown away this year by the Druze cooking I tasted at Gazala Place. Delicate whole-wheat pitas as thin as a handkerchief and as big... More »

Summer Guide: Eat the Phreak -- Make This Summer Your Salad Days

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, May 25, 2011

Say 'salad,' and most folks think of a pile of leafy greens, with a cherry tomato or two thrown on top. Though crisp, refreshing, and sometimes squirted with interesting dressings, it’s never been more than a bit player in the theater of repast. B... More »
Getting Your Phreak On at Gazala Place

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, May 27, 2009

If you're accustomed to thinking of Middle Eastern food as a bland collection of bread dips and kebabs, you haven't been to Gazala Place. The whole fried orata ($22.95) is a magnificent sight as it swims to the table on a long platter. The sleek s... More »

Dinner Menu

Salads & Soup

$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, sautéed 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
(please allow 20 minutes) 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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Gazala Place

709 Ninth Ave. New York, NY 10019

212-245-0709

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2009 | Best Middle Eastern

Summer Guide: Eat the Phreak -- Make This Summer Your Salad Days

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, May 25, 2011

Getting Your Phreak On at Gazala Place

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, May 27, 2009

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