Lebanon Cafe

[Suzy Wong]

This has evolved into my favorite M.E. restaurant. The food, atmosphere, service, the food AHAH, it is consistent, and very good. My 10 yr old son can be quirky about what he likes, and he enjoys the food also.

The things I order most frequently are lebna, vegeterian lentil soup, and grilled shrimp/salad, although there are many more great selections.

What I also like about the salads, the dressing
is very light, it's not heavy and weighted down, which allows for the tastes to come through better.

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We used to walk there from the house to dine on med stuff until we found Phoenicia. We always order the dinner for two thing there. It has always been very good.

[willifred]

Suzy....if you haven't tried the Bethanjan Dip, you are missing out!!!!! Also, I love their policy (or nonpolicy) on wine. Lets face it, that food just begs for wine...One of my favorite things is to take someone there for the first, not expecting much, and blow their mind.

[café au lait]

We used to walk there from the house to dine on med stuff until we found Phoenicia. We always order the dinner for two thing there. It has always been very good.

The atmosphere at Phoenicia just creeps me out. I always feel like there might be a Middle Eastern mob hit at any moment. And there's hardly any customers when I go. Scary. I'm so uncomfortable there that I only get take out now.

Lebanon's is not my favorite either. Mona's is my number one go-to with Byblos my second.

[JudiB]

Dang it I lost my note when I tried to spell check it!!!!!!!!!!!! DANG DANG DANG. :mad::mad:

Suzy where is the Lebanon Cafe?

[Suzy Wong]

cafe au lait,
I wasn;'t implying it had to be everyone's favorite, it is just mine. That's why I started a topic on it. Made sense at the time



Judi B,
It's on the corner of Carrollton and Jeanette....

http://www.lebanonscafe.com/

Willifred,
I have had the bathanjan I believe, unless I am confusing it with another, I will try it, I do eat seafood but not other meat, and I feel a place like this (kind of food) has a lot to offer.

haven't been to Phonecia...

[Dilfan]

The atmosphere at Phoenicia just creeps me out. I always feel like there might be a Middle Eastern mob hit at any moment. And there's hardly any customers when I go. Scary. I'm so uncomfortable there that I only get take out now.

I really like Phoenicia and think they have one of the best conventional hummus in the city. I don't care for the salad dressing, and the menu is somewhat limited, but I usually get the gyro plate with double hummus, and it suits me fine.
I know what you mean about there never being busy, but I understand that they do a booming lunch business. One thing that I used to find "funny" is that before they expanded, if you wanted a drink, you went to the bar and made it yourself! I'm not sure if they still do it that way, but there was no way you could complain about the quality of the drink....

[Dark and Stormy]

I have got to agree re Lebanons, they have been consistently good for years. Part of it must be the manager/owner seems to always be there. I always substitute bathengen for hummus on the dinners. And I love the mint tea.

[justagirl]

Judi, it's close to where we went for Thai that night before your kids played at Neutral Ground.

I haven't been in years and will have to try it again soon. I've heard the hummus at Phonecia is awesome. What's so different about it that makes it so good? Just curious.

[JudiB]

Thanks Suzy... I thought I had the right place! JAG, expat and ambrosia and I went to dinner at the Thai place next door, well - next door, across the side street, lol. I walked outside to sm... well I walked outside, lol, and noticed the place was hoppin'.

I'm a new convert to gyro, hummus, etc... I can't believe I'd never had it before Katrina. I discovered it in Baton Rouge, a little place off Perkins Road, next to WLAE, where WWL was broadcasting from. I love it now.

cafe', when we came back after the storm, and hardly anything was open yet, Phoenecia's was and we tried it for the first time. Every other place we'd been to had this underlying (lingering) smell. Not this place, it was soooo clean it sparkled. It's funny how we all associate different things in our minds.