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    Creative Loafing has been presenting Atlanta’s Best People, Places and Events since 1972. These are some of the past winners for this category:

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Sufi’s Kitchen (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Jerusalem Bakery & Grill (Where to Eat Recommendation)
    The family-owned Palestine bakery and cafe has some of the best falafel and shawarma this side of Al Quds. The newly-opened, expanded location in Marietta has plenty of seating and a bustling lunch crowd with lines through the door. There’s an adjacent Middle Eastern market selling a large varietymore...
    The family-owned Palestine bakery and cafe has some of the best falafel and shawarma this side of Al Quds. The newly-opened, expanded location in Marietta has plenty of seating and a bustling lunch crowd with lines through the door. There’s an adjacent Middle Eastern market selling a large variety of freshly made pita bread, spinach pies, different kinds of baklava and Palestinian sweets, and colorful lokum (Turkish delight) that you shouldn?t leave without. less...

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2018
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2018 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2017
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2017 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Imperial Fez Mediterranean Restaurant & Lounge (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2016
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2016 » Oral Pleasures » Reader’s Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2015
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2015 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2014
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2014 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2013
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2013 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mezza Lebanese Bistro AND Rumi’s Kitchen

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2012
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2012 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2011
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2011 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill
    And other metro Atlanta locations

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2010
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2010 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    Runners-up:


    Ali Baba’s


    60 Broad St., 404-681-3997; 1099 Euclid Ave., 404-223-1445. www.alibabaatlanta.com.


    AND


    Mezza


    2751 Lavista Road, Decatur, 404-633-8833. www.mezzabistro.com.

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Falafel Cafe (Where to Eat Recommendation)

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    And other metro Atlanta locations.
    Runner-up
    Mezza
    2751 Lavista Road, Decatur, 404-633-8833, www.mezzabistro.com

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Falafel Caf

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2009
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2009 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2008
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Rumi’s Kitchen Sandy Springs (Where to Eat Recommendation)
    Not all cities can boast about their fantastic Persian cuisine, but Atlanta is lucky enough to be home to RUMI’S KITCHEN, where the food of Iran is not only exotic, it’s delicious. Grilled meats and hearty stews sing with vibrant spices. The sweet-and-sour flavor of pomegranate is wonderfully apparentmore...
    Not all cities can boast about their fantastic Persian cuisine, but Atlanta is lucky enough to be home to RUMI’S KITCHEN, where the food of Iran is not only exotic, it’s delicious. Grilled meats and hearty stews sing with vibrant spices. The sweet-and-sour flavor of pomegranate is wonderfully apparent in Rumi’s version of dolmeh – ground beef and rice wrapped in grape leaves. Don’t miss the kashk badenjoon appetizer, a rich and addictive blend of eggplant and onion topped with cream of whey, fried onion and mint. less...

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2008
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2008 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Mezza Lebanese Bistro (Permanently Closed)
    There is nothing more consoling than Lebanese comfort food. That’s exactly what you’ll find at MEZZA, located in a shopping strip on LaVista Road. Small plates of love emerge from the kitchen, and the deeply flavored meats are especially delicious. Don’t miss the tangy lambmore...
    There is nothing more consoling than Lebanese comfort food. That’s exactly what you’ll find at MEZZA, located in a shopping strip on LaVista Road. Small plates of love emerge from the kitchen, and the deeply flavored meats are especially delicious. Don’t miss the tangy lamb cooked in vinegar or the addictive fried cauliflower. The selection of Lebanese wines is a plus as well. less...

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill - Decatur

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Mezza
    2751 LaVista Road 404-633-8833 http://www.mezzabistro.com There is nothing more consoling than Lebanese comfort food. That’s exactly what you’ll find at MEZZA, located in a shopping strip on LaVista Road. Small plates of love emerge from the kitchen, and the deeply flavored meats are especiallymore...
    2751 LaVista Road 404-633-8833 http://www.mezzabistro.com There is nothing more consoling than Lebanese comfort food. That’s exactly what you’ll find at MEZZA, located in a shopping strip on LaVista Road. Small plates of love emerge from the kitchen, and the deeply flavored meats are especially delicious. Don’t miss the tangy lamb cooked in vinegar or the addictive fried cauliflower. The selection of Lebanese wines is a plus as well. less...

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2007
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2006
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
    Imperial Fez Mediterranean Restaurant & Lounge (Where to Eat Recommendation)
    Forget clowns. Send in the belly dancers; there have to be belly dancers. At IMPERIAL FEZ, they undulate about the room with candles on their heads while you loll about shoeless on the carpeted, pillowed floor. The drama would be unforgivable if the food weren’t so remarkably good. We favormore...
    Forget clowns. Send in the belly dancers; there have to be belly dancers. At IMPERIAL FEZ, they undulate about the room with candles on their heads while you loll about shoeless on the carpeted, pillowed floor. The drama would be unforgivable if the food weren’t so remarkably good. We favor the tagines, meats and vegetables slow-cooked in a clay pot. But everyone loves the b’stella, a starter of roasted Cornish hen wrapped in phyllo-like pastry and coated in confectioner’s sugar. less...

    Best Middle Eastern BOA Award Winner

    Year » 2006
    Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
    Mediterranean Grill - Decatur
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