Makarios
940 20th St. South
731-7414
Casual Mediterranean food in a building that once was a Kentucky Fried Chicken and more recently a Chinese place. No alcohol served. A February 2008 review in City Scene gave high marks to hummus with sauteed pine nuts, stuffed grape leaves, shish kebabs, ghallaba (sliced chicken, lamb or beef sauteed with veggies). Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the menu includes "everything from quail to swordfish kabobs to burgers to mojadra, which is a sandwich filled with lentils, cracked wheat, onion and salad." Fresh-squeezed vegetable juices are squeezed to order.
Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 02:50PM
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Deborah Lockridge
in Birmingham Restaurants: Southside
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9 Comments
Deborah Lockridge
in Birmingham Restaurants: Southside
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9 Comments
Reader Comments (9)
wonderful! by far the best hummos in b'ham. great kabobs and excellent stuffed grape leaves.
Makarios is Great!! If you like mediterranean/ middle- eastern- and not that stupid Purple Onion mess- then you will love Makarios. They've got great vegetarian choices, not to mention the varied choice of meats- and their salads are amazingly fresh- I like the spinach anf hummous wrap- and yes the hummous rules! Also the lentil soup is so tasty- Try it!
This is the best mediteranean in Birmingham.
I must say that I tried Makarios this past weekend (2/14) for lunch with my family and it was very good. Easily the best of it's kind in B'ham and possibly the Southeast....better than any I have had anyway. I had the lamb ghallaba wrap, chicken tawook wrap, lamb grape leaves and fresh squeezed beet\carrot juice - all exceptional. My wife had the hamburger and she thought it was also very good. I have a new favorite place to eat in town now!
The menu offers much more variety than the typical gyros and kafta found at other middle-eastern style places around town.
Falafel, hummus, chicken schwarma, and the service were all excelent.
Highly recommended.
Just a 2nd reveiw to note my faves: the lamb kabobs and quail. The tabouli is also yum!
Delicious. Cheap. Quick.
This is the real deal, and certainly the best middle eastern food I've had outside of Dearborn MI. For those who don't know, Dearborn has the largest concentration of Middle Eastern people outside of the Middle East. So that's saying something. The food was fantastic and only second to one restaurant of it's type back in Dearborn. this is certainly the best I've found down south.
I crave this food...haven't had anything that wasn't delicious. Highly recommend.