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270 S. Downing St. Denver, CO 80209

303-722-4100

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Westword
Recommended
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
Award Winner 2012

Cuisine(s): Liberian, Mediterranean

Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
Attire: Casual

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available

Description

The service is peculiar, and the droning music even weirder at Mecca Grill, a mini-mall storefront with a saffron-stained dining room that smells unmistakably of mothballs. But the food -- herby falafel, hummus, gyros, lemony fattoush, shawarma, kabobs and grape leaves -- is undeniably good. The best dish: the bold-flavored lamb shank, an extravagantly huge hunk of meat that arrives propped against a mound of fluffy rice scented with Mideast spices and submerged in a pungent soak of lamb-y juices, garlic, spices and tomatoes sweetened with carrots. This is an animalistic abundance that you'll wake up dreaming about -- and craving -- at 2 a.m.

2012 | Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

Like the stars in the sky, Denver's Middle Eastern restaurants look alike, indistinguishable carbon copies with similar menus that you can mumble by heart. Hummus, check; falafel, check; baba ghanoush, double check. Mecca Grill, however, separates itself from the rest by virtue of its unassailable hummus, a sumac-dusted smooth purée of chickpeas and tahini, garlic and squirts of fresh-squeezed lemon that's ringed in nutty olive oil. And the falafel, burnished domes of ground chickpeas... More »
2010 | Best Lamb That Mary Would Have Liked

The service is peculiar, and the droning music even weirder at Mecca Grill, a mini-mall storefront with a saffron-stained dining room that smells unmistakably of mothballs. But the food -- herby falafel, hummus, gyros, lemony fattoush, shawarma, kabobs and grape leaves -- is undeniably good. The best dish: the bold-flavored lamb shank, an extravagantly huge hunk of meat that arrives propped against a mound of fluffy rice scented with Mideast spices and submerged in a pungent soak... More »

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Jacks0057

By Lori Midson | Mon, March 19, 2012

Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified plate of sushi at an Asian restaurant whose service was atrocious to a charcuterie platter at Charcoal... More »
Mecca Grill a central destination for vegetarian dining

By Amber Taufen | Tue, January 10, 2012

Mecca Grill, 270 South Downing Street, won a Best of Denver award in 2010 for "Best Lamb That Mary Would Have Liked" -- but lamb is far from all that's on the menu at this mini-mall storefront. As tha... More »
Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Brian

By Patricia Calhoun | Mon, August 1, 2011

Cafe Society served up four Guess where? contests last week, including two stumpers -- a disappointing huarache and some mystery proscuitto and melon -- as well as this plate with the town's most inc... More »
Wash Park Underground brings late-night eats to the neighborhood

By Jessica Chapman | Tue, August 17, 2010

After two months of pouring drinks, Wash Park Underground, a new bar and restaurant literally underground at 266-B South Downing Street, in the alley behind Mecca Grill , is now serving burgers, sandw... More »
Second Helping

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, May 19, 2005

Adega is many things: a hip, fine-dining mecca; a LoDo anchor that helps keep the neighborhood from degenerating into nothing but club nights and drunken Let-Out brawls; a showcase for some of the best, smartest New American cuisine on offer in th... More »

Main Menu

Appetizers

$4.95

Grilled Mushroom
2 skewers of char-broiled mushrooms mixed with seasoning.

$4.95

Vegetable Kabab
two skewers of char-broiled seasoned mixed vegetables.

$5.25

Cabbage Leaves
four rolls of cabbage stuffed and cooked with rice, ground lamb, cummin seeds and other spices.

$5.25

Grape Leaves
five grape leaves stuffed with with rice, tomato, parsley, lemon juice and blend of spices.

$4.45

Side Falafel
4 patties served with tahini sauce

Salads

$3.45

Fatoush
diced tomatoes, onion, cucumber, toasted pitas, mint, vinegar and olive oil

$3.45

Cucumber / Yoghurt
diced cucumber mixed with yoghurt, mint and garlic

$5.75

Greek Salad
topped with cheese and olives

$3.95

Tabouleh
chopped parsley, tomatoes, onion, cracked wheat, lemon and olive oil

$3.25

Vegi Salad

Main Entrees
All Meat Entrees Comes With: Homos, Rice, Vege Salad, Cucumber/ Yogurt Sauce & Two Home-made Pitas Excepts Pies Combo And Veg Combo.

$13.95

Lamb Shank
one tender lamb shank marinated with special sauce and backed with mixed vegetables

$14.45

Lamb Chops
four baby spring lamb chops, specially seasoned and broiled.

$12.95

Lamb Kabab
cubes of tender lamb, marinated and char-broiled

$12.75

Beef Kabab
char-broiled cubes of tender beef, marinated with special spices

$11.95

Kafta Kabob
two char-broiled skewers of mixed ground lamb and beef. seasoned with onion, parsley and spices

$12.95

Sultani Kabob
one skewer of kafta and one of lamb kabab

$11.95

Lamb & Beef Shawarma
marinated and specially seasoned lamb and beef. rotisserie broiled and thinly sliced

Sandwiches

$5.45

Lamb & Beef Shawarma
the meat broiled on rotisserie and thinly sliced and wrapped in pita with tahini sauce, pickles and parsley.

$4.25

Falafel
3 fried patties of patties falafel wrapped in pita with tahini sauce and salad

$5.25

Chicken Shawarma
served with pickles and special sauce and wrapped in pita.

$5.25

Beef Kabob
char-broiled cubes of marinated tebder beef, with special spicesand wrapped in a pita topped with special spices and wrapped in a pita topped with tahini sauce and salad.

$5.25

Kafta Kabob
one skewer of ground lamb & beef, char-broiled, wrapped in pita bread with salad and tahini.

Desserts

$2.45

Kunafah

$2.00

Nammura

$2.00

Baklava

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Mecca Grill

270 S. Downing St. Denver, CO 80209

303-722-4100

Description

2012 | Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

2010 | Best Lamb That Mary Would Have Liked

By Lori Midson | Mon, March 19, 2012

By Amber Taufen | Tue, January 10, 2012

By Patricia Calhoun | Mon, August 1, 2011

By Jessica Chapman | Tue, August 17, 2010

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, May 19, 2005