Monday, April 10, 2006
Jericho Lebanese Food
840 Bank Street
April 9th, 2006
The point of Ottawa Shawarma is to rate all the little shawarmaries in the city, places with chicken and beef spits slowly roasting behind the counter. But there are also good Lebanese restaurants. There are Lebanese places where you can sit and dine and order from a menu. It’s not quite fair to compare these restaurants to shawarmaries so I wouldn’t rate the restaurants. I will just report on them and say whether I felt they were worth it or not.
One place that has been serving up Lebanese fare in the Glebe is Jericho (recently changed its name from the Glebe Café). A buddy of mine who lives just around the corner and I stopped in. The food was excellent. It was fresh and full of flavour. The service was attentive. When I asked for a beer, our waiter said he didn’t know what he had, so he invited me behind the modest bar to pick out one for myself out of the fridge. My buddy said that it’s always like that, really down to earth, making jokes. The waiter later said that the dishwasher was broken so we’d have to eat our plates clean. He patted me on the back when I finished my plate, and gave a joking frown to my friend for not finishing his. The ambiance is totally fun as the walls are all covered in stained glass art. It was a quiet Sunday night, and soon we were the only people in the place. It’s a great place to sit and chat.
If you want great Lebanese and have the extra time to catch up, Jericho is the place.
April 9th, 2006
The point of Ottawa Shawarma is to rate all the little shawarmaries in the city, places with chicken and beef spits slowly roasting behind the counter. But there are also good Lebanese restaurants. There are Lebanese places where you can sit and dine and order from a menu. It’s not quite fair to compare these restaurants to shawarmaries so I wouldn’t rate the restaurants. I will just report on them and say whether I felt they were worth it or not.
One place that has been serving up Lebanese fare in the Glebe is Jericho (recently changed its name from the Glebe Café). A buddy of mine who lives just around the corner and I stopped in. The food was excellent. It was fresh and full of flavour. The service was attentive. When I asked for a beer, our waiter said he didn’t know what he had, so he invited me behind the modest bar to pick out one for myself out of the fridge. My buddy said that it’s always like that, really down to earth, making jokes. The waiter later said that the dishwasher was broken so we’d have to eat our plates clean. He patted me on the back when I finished my plate, and gave a joking frown to my friend for not finishing his. The ambiance is totally fun as the walls are all covered in stained glass art. It was a quiet Sunday night, and soon we were the only people in the place. It’s a great place to sit and chat.
If you want great Lebanese and have the extra time to catch up, Jericho is the place.
# posted by Ottawa shawarma @ 10:48 AM 
