Favorite Eastern Catholic Restaurant?

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What is your favorite EC owned restaurant?

I will nominate this one that is owned by Maronites near where my wife grew up.

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I recommend the “Syrian Chicken” (It’s basically a Middle Eastern version of curry chicken). It’s very tasty and unlike gyros, kebabs,and Italian food, its something that you don’t find everywhere. They do have a very broad menu, Italian, Greek, American food, even Ethiopian dishes!

We also have a new middle eastern restaurant opening up soon in my hometown that I suspect could be Chaldean owned (since we have a community that’s local). I’m looking forward to that! 🙂
 
Too difficult to say - there’s a very sizeable Lebanese community here in Sydney, with a number of excellent restaurants owned by Maronite Catholics.
 
Sorry to hi-jack the thread but, Lilly, are you OK? Are you near the fires??:confused:
 
Patchunky said:
Sorry to hi-jack the thread but, Lilly, are you OK? Are you near the fires??:confused:
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Thanks for your concern. I live in the middle of the city of Sydney - about as much chance of wildfires here as in downtown New York 😃

Besides which, the fires are in Victoria, I’m hundreds of miles away.

If I could ask for prayers for the victims of the floods in Queensland though. An area the size of Spain has been flooded for weeks, and looks like they’ll be getting more rain on the weekend so may be stuck for longer. Dengue fever is breaking out and all sorts of not-good-news. A tragedy, although it’s rightly been knocked out of the news by the fire tragedy.
 
Back on topic… I don’t know of any restaurants run by EC’s in the state… But I do know of a couple Catholic owned restaurants, and it’s a tie as to which is better… so I’ll post those.

Captain Chuck’s Fish & Chips.
Wings n Things

Wings n Things has subs, buffalo wings, and a few other odds & ends. Just reopened after half a year closed, in a new location. Lines around the block on the day it reopened. Historically, Joe has preferred to hire parolees. I asked him why… he gave three very good points:
1: they need the break, and so are generally glad for the work
2: if they miss work, call their PO, and they either show up or go to the doc.
3: they will accept lower wages for the same work.

Captain Chucks is a mid-scale family-run fish and chips restaurant, and they serve only Alaska-caught fish. Food is excellent, and owner is, while not EC, EC friendly. During Great Lent, she will gladly make oil and dairy free versions of the shrimp and fish entrees.

Now, there is a B&B owned by an EC couple… The Bird Creek Motel. Eric, the owner, is a wonderful cook. Our parish picnics are usually there, even though it’s a 30 minute highway trip from the parish.
 
Olympia cafe, in Albuquerque, NM, is a great place for Greek and Mediterranean food. It’s run by a Greek Orthodox family. Yummy 🍿 They also cater to the annual Greek Festival :whackadoo:
 
Well if we broaden the topic out to restaurants that service churches (Catholic and Orthodox) then I would include the famous “Falafel Drive In” (which has appeared on the Food Network and other national articles and TV shows)they do most of our church catering, especially during Lent (Coptic Orthodox don’t have oil restrictions on their fasting).

yelp.com/biz/falafels-drive-in-san-jose

Though I’m pretty sure the owners are Muslim or secular (Lebanese) in affiliation.
 
LOL, do Eastern Catholics have a specific cuisine or something? Or are you just talking about establishments owned by Eastern Catholics? I never knew there were such thing as Eastern Catholic restaurants.

I go to this great Halal/Muslim Chinese restaurant. It tastes just like Chinese food, but there’s just something about it that I like. They also have dishes prepared in an Indian or Middle-Eastern flavor with curry.
 
😃 I heard about Orthodox food.
Not long time ago , I had a dinner in that restaurant.
During the week you can eat all meat.
On Wednesday and Friday they serve only fish meat.
The food is cheep and delicious there.

Would be interesting to visit that Eastern Catholic restaurant.
I like Middle eastern food very much.😃
 
There’s a small restaurant in Brooklyn called “Waterfalls Cafe” which is neither Christian owned nor operated, but which has a menu that is very much in the “Christian” spirit. The original owner was a Syrian Alawite who did up the menu based on the culinary the style of the Christians of northern Syria (Aleppo area), and a good half of the items were from the Lenten repetoire and of course are meatless. That guy put out the best lenten stuffed cabbage that I’d tasted since my grandmother passed away. It was ethereal!

The new owner is also a non-Christian from Aleppo, and she kept the same basic menu. Her mom is the kitchen mistress, and when she’s on duty, the food is still delicious. I particularly like her meatless okra stew – rich with cracked coriander – and of course lenten the stuffed vine leaves and cabbage (not quote what it used to be, but still very good!). Caveat: When she’s not there, though, unfortunately things can be hit-and-miss. If anyone’s in the area and wants to give it a try, call first and ask if “mom is in the kitchen” at the particular time you’ll be there.
 
JPUSC said:
LOL, do Eastern Catholics have a specific cuisine or something? Or are you just talking about establishments owned by Eastern Catholics? I never knew there were such thing as Eastern Catholic restaurants.

I go to this great Halal/Muslim Chinese restaurant. It tastes just like Chinese food, but there’s just something about it that I like. They also have dishes prepared in an Indian or Middle-Eastern flavor with curry.
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There are the restaurants , where you can hear the Eastern music and in the menu there is no alkohol and no pork , and you can guess that the restaurant is run by the Muslims.
But , for example , the ‘’ shoarma ‘’ is probably muslim food , but I know the Christian Georgians who can cook very delicious ‘‘shoarma’’. And I usually go to them to buy one , not because just because it is delicious.
I also like ‘‘falafel’’ , ( very healthy food ) and of course I do not pay attention who sells the ‘‘falafel’’ behind the desk.
The Orthodox restaurant where I dined had the specific features of the Orthodox restaurant.
During your meal , you could watch the Christian video.
The Orthodox documentary program was on.
And it could be the cartoon or movie on the Biblical topic.
Also at the entrance , there was a stand-table and there were many brochures , newspapers and pamphlets there .
I know that there are also the Christian youth cafes .
Usually run by a Protestant volunteers .
Some of them exist as a good alternative for the Christian youth , to go to a places where there are no disorders and no alkohol .
But some , exist as the opportunity to evangelize.
Brochures , Christian music , no alkohol , not allowed to smoke.

What I like in the Middle East food , that generally its not expensive.
I am not very selective.
Therefore French and Japan restaurants are not for my pocket.😃
So I like the places where the middle class people can eat delicious and not expensive food.
 
There are two churches here that serve lunch. St Raymond’s is Maronite and if anyone ever invites you to a wedding reception or funeral luncheon, don’t miss it. They used to be open to the public, but I haven’t worked downtown in a long time and don’t know if they still do that. Then the Greek Orthodox Church, Assumption serves a Friday lunch that can’t be beat. It’s like lunch in a Greek grandma’s kitchen, and not expensive either. They have a huge festival every year and although there are other things to do than eat, I can’t imagine why you’d want to do them.
 
sorry we in new york never heard of eastern catholic restataurant its not in usa ?
 
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sorry we in new york never heard of eastern catholic restataurant its not in usa ?
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OH come on, there must be some Maronites, Byzcaths, etc. that have a restaurant, deli or something in your area. If I being a visitor from the west coast could find a good one in the southern rural end of your state with no effort, then there’s got to be tons of them in the urban and suburban areas.
 
In a “former life” I was a restaurant reviewer in Southern California. I never thought about the religious preference of the owner or operator of the establishment.

Ethnic cuisine? Where I worked our restaurants could have stood in for the United Nations. Falafel, love it. Persian, sitting on floor pillows, yup! Have had good meals and real klinkers in all kinds of places.

An Armenian friend asked about the favorite native dish in his home, said, “Hamburgers!” They were about fourth-generation US citizens, with only the name unchanged.

One of my favorite places featured Maryland-style lobster dinners.
The owner was from Vietnam. But I noticed that most of the restaurants of any kind be they Chinese, British Pub, French, Kosher or whatever, the chefs and other kitchen staffs were Mexican.
 
Addai said:
OH come on, there must be some Maronites, Byzcaths, etc. that have a restaurant, deli or something in your area. If I being a visitor from the west coast could find a good one in the southern rural end of your state with no effort, then there’s got to be tons of them in the urban and suburban areas.
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In the city there certainly are: in addition to the Syrian cuisine (albeit not owned by Christians, but the food is,) that I mentioned earlier, a block or so from the famous St George UGCC on 7th St in Manhattan, there’s a place that is quintessentially Ukrainian. Very good pierogi (I like the mushrooms and kraut, Lent notwithstanding 😉 ) There are a lot of other places, both Mediterranean and Slavic (and even a few Coptic which, contrary to popular opinion, does differ from Levantine) in the NYC metro area.

There are places upsate New York too: I can’t give references, other than to say there’s at least one Lebanese place in Utica (I think, but I know it’s Maronite owned and operated) that has a very good rep. Also lots of ethnic Ukrainian and Greek (I mean real Greek, not the local diner) places.
 
Anchoraged Falafel purveyors are Jewish. 4 seat restaurant. Some days a line out the door.
 
Aramis said:
Anchoraged Falafel purveyors are Jewish. 4 seat restaurant. Some days a line out the door.
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Is the line because the falafel is good or because there’s no other falafel to be found? 😛 Seriously, though, the best falafel I’ve had in the US was done by Syrian Jews from a cart in midtown Manhattan. Just incredible! The real thing, and they even offered Aleppo pepper!
 
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