Christine Dabney said:Jude said:I love mediterranean food. Back in Albuquerque, we had a fantastic
greek/mediterranean place where I used to eat pretty cheap all the
time.
Which place is that? I am going back to Albuquerque this spring
(fingers crossed), and I went to a little market on Wyoming, I think
it was. Had a little cafe attached to it, and had some good products
in there. Can't remember the name of it right now.
Christine
My favorite affordable place was the Olympia Cafe on Central, across
from UNM. (between yale and harvard, i believe. south side of the
street) They had a great vegetarian platter, which had greek stuff like
spanakopita, dolmas, greek salad, greek potatoes, and pastichio on it,
and they had a mediterranian combo which was felafel, hummus, and
tabouleh. It's great - it's owned by a couple who moved here from
Greece and have made the place their life. They are both there, cooking
and serving and supervising, all day every day. Clsoed on Sundays for
religious reasons. Closed for 2 wrrks every summer so they can go home
to greece to visit.
If you have money to spend on Greek & Mediterranean food, try yanni's,
further up Central, next to the old Lobo Theatre. They used to make the
BEST vegetarian moussaka I've ever eaten!
I bet you're thinking of the Middle EasternMarket on Menaul. I didn't
like their felafel - too dry and crumbly - and their dolmas were pretty
dried-out, too. But I used to do some shopping i their maket, and as I
recall they had great halvah.
Of course, it's been 3 years since I've lived there, so these memories
are getting old, hope the places are as good as they used to be!
