al amir greek salad with grilled chicken

i know i know i just wrote a post about how i wasn't going to write about restaurants anymore and here i am writing about a restaurant.  but if you are eating lunch downtown and you are not eating the greek salad with grilled chicken at al amir, you are doing something wrong.  this is definitely my favorite salad to be eaten for lunch downtown and it is only $6.

look at all that deliciousness.  you get lots of fresh greek salad type veggies in a just-made greek dressing with lots of herbs, yummy freshly grilled (not from a freezer) chicken with a cumin rub, and then they also throw in the tzatziki just in case you are not 100% sold.

i had a gyro there once and it was pretty good, and i have heard the falafel is good, but ever since i found this salad i never order anything else.  the ambience is nothing special but the food is delicious and cheap and service is good so what else do you need?

areti's gyros

yesterday maggie texted me because she needed her weekly dojo gelato fix and she knew i would be up for joining her. our current favorite thing is the fior di latte gelato with amarena cherry topping. i decided i needed something other than ice cream in my stomach to soak up all the beer i would be consuming at beerfest later in the day so i also picked up a gyro from areti's. i had been craving one ever since seeing how delicious they looked a few weeks before when beth and jim got them after the chili cook off.

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areti's gyros are the shit. the meat is really juicy and well seasoned (and they give you a ton of it) and the sauce is thick and flavorful, and they give you lots of onions and tomatoes. the bread is also really yummy. this is definitely in the running for best gyro in cincinnati (other possible contenders: mediterranean foods and mythos). they are huge and tasty and at $4.75 it is a great deal.

they also have a selection of really yummy looking salads and desserts, and greek specialties like moussaka, pastichio, and dolmades. i did not try anything else because i had just had gelato but everything looked really fresh and tasty. areti's has been open a few months i think and it is definitely a good addition to the food options at findlay market.