Felafel.

[jac6787.livejournal.com]

 Where can I get it?

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[cos]

Moody's Falafel Palace in Central Square is the most convenient-to-Davis place I usually get Falafel. It's pretty good.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Not particularly DS-centric, but my places of choice are Rami's in Brookline and Falafel Palace in Central Square. They are totally different styles, but I like them both. Aside from the crazy high prices (and inconvenient location), Rami's is really my top choice because I grew up with Israeli-style falafel, and they are just right.

(Rumor has it we'll be getting a Maoz..? That would be sweet.)

[twirlingtulip.livejournal.com]

wait I thought falafel palace was in Harvard Sq? they are my favorite. People have raved about the one in Brookline but I haven't tried it yet.

Also you can buy the falafel mix at the bulk section of Harvest coop grocery store. Add water and fry it up yourself. Put in pita bread with cut up cucumbers, mint, tomatoes and your own yogurt sauce and or hot sauce.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Falafel Palace is at 25 Central Square. Not much room for ambiguity -- maybe you're thinking of a different place?

And I can hardly even begin to list the wrongness in your suggestion there. First of all, *a mix*? And once again with the yogurt sauce?! Ugh.

Not that I have strong feelings about this...

[twirlingtulip.livejournal.com]

to each their own.

[fe.livejournal.com]

There is a place called Falafel Corner in Harvard Square. Perhaps this is the source of confusion.

[tober.livejournal.com]

The two places I was going to mention first (Moody's Falafel Palace and Rami's) have already been mentioned... so I'll add the following:
- The falafel at Greek Corner (Mass. Ave in North Cambridge) is pretty good too, almost but not quite the equal of that at Moody's - and it's a bit closer to Davis. Also, if you go there, try the avgolemono.
- The falafel at The Middle East (Central Square, Cambridge) is not bad but that at Moody's is considerably better.
- My favorite falafel anywhere is at Sabbaba in Bondi Beach (near Sydney), Australia. There's a lot of good falafel in the Sydney area - I don't really know why, but it's the case. Yeah, pretty damn far from Davis.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

This prompted me to look at the Greek Corner's menu, and I noticed their sandwiches range from 5.95 to 6.25, but they also offer a "Combo" for 9.25, which is "Any of the above sandwiches with salad or fries or soup." But given that soup or fries each cost 2.95 (and I would imagine a side salad is similar), that actually seems to make the combo more expensive than ordering a la carte.

Also, they say all their sandwiches come with "yogurt sauce". Falafel with yogurt sauce instead of tahini?!? Sacrilege! I guess that's Greek-style, but for me, it's totally wrong.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

what the hell, people? cafe barada is so much better than all these places mentioned, that all those places shouldn't even exist. it's also close to davis.

(Greek Corner is actually pretty tasty too)

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

i'll second that! barada makes darn good falafel.

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Third: Barada is not the cheapest or fastest, but they are *AMAZING*.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I'll have your yogurt sauce. I have never heard of putting /tahini/ on falafel! o.O (Also, my parents totally used to make it FROM A MIX hahahahahaha. But then they'd over cook it, so it was kind of unpleasant.)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of putting /tahini/ on falafel!

Okay, now I'm not sure if you're just putting me on. :P Heck, even wikipedia doesn't mention yogurt on the falafel page, but tahini is right there in paragraph one. I don't know when people started putting yogurt on falafel.

As for a mix, to be clear, I'm not saying that's *inherently* wrong (it totally has its place), but when someone is looking for a good place to to go get falafel, telling them they can get some powder and mix it with water just doesn't seem like it's likely to meet their needs. If somebody posting jonesin' for local milk, I wouldn't suggest the powdered stuff to them, either.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

It could be I have never paid sufficient attention to what sauce was going on the felafel when I've bought it from a proper vendor, but if asked "What was that?" I would definitely have guessed yogurt over tahini.

(I never much cared for the parental units' preparation of mix felafel, and didn't learn it could be tasty until I'd had it from a real felafel place. I usually referred to it as "feel-awful" which didn't amuse anyone but me.)

[xartofnothingx.livejournal.com]

there's a good quick place in Harvard Square. so Falafel King in Downtown Crossing - hole in the wall but good

[ron_newman]

Where in Harvard Square?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

I know of two places in Harvard Square:
Falafel Corner, 8 Eliot Street
Sabra Grill, 20 Eliot Street

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I love Felafel King! They give you a felafel patty just for standing in line, it's like crack!

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

Is Sepal still in the MIT food court, or did they go away? I was sad when they moved out of Watertown.

[nurrynur.livejournal.com]

Sepal is still in the food court.

(For the OP: 2nd floor of the student center (W20))

[unferth.livejournal.com]

SingaBella Cafe at the intersection of the bike path with Mass Ave is one of the closer falafel places to Davis. I wasn't overly impressed the one time I tried them, but I think they were having a bad day. There's also a generic-looking place in Ball Square next to True Grounds; I haven't tried their stuff.

Should you ever end up in the Longwood medical area, Sami's Wrap and Roll in the Longwood Mall food court is way better than your average mall food court place. It's not really in the same ballpark as Rami's or Falafel Palace, and not worth a trip out of your way, but it's better than you'd expect.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

The "generic-looking place in Ball Square" is Sound Bites Grill, across the street from the main Sound Bites restaurant. They make a decent falafel wrap, but nothing on this side of the river is anywhere near as good as Rami's.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I have to rave about Cafe Barada, which is very near Davis. All their food I've had so far is amazing, including their falafel. Don't forget to try their baba ghanouj or hummus as an appetizer, too!

[gruene.livejournal.com]

I haven't been there in a couple years, but after Soundbites expanded I went there for dinner and was impressed by their falafel.

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

So far, Falafel King in Downtown Crossing (it *is* a little hole in the wall but a delicious hole in the wall -- just don't expect to sit down) is my favorite local falafel.

[ifotismeni]

cafe barada!

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

Venus Pizza, next to Guru on broadway, sells falafel wraps. They're ok, but a bit overpriced in my opinion.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Wrapro Felafel (1670 Mass Ave, between the Harvard Law School and Porter Square) has really excellent felafel. It may be my favorite.

[mimiambic.livejournal.com]

Felafel Palace in Central: totally meh. (Sad, because I live in Central.)

I otherwise ♥ Greek Corner, but their felafel are heavy and odd. (The taramasalata is particularly excellent.)

Felafel King in Downtown Crossing: *thumbs up*

[delahk.livejournal.com]

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, Azama in Allston is another place to check out. Hasn't been around a long time and isn't getting as much attention as it deserves:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/azama-grill-allston

[progressnerd.livejournal.com]

The only place *in* Somerville where I know they have it is SoundBites. I think I had it once, but I don't have any memory of how good it was.