shish cafe

fantastic!. i love shish! the food is so tasty and the portions are great. the atmosphere is very nice. get thebreakfastfrom jerusalem - true heaven! something i dream about. shish is a fantastic gem and i go there when i can!

awesome experience, great option for brunch!. and healthy! i had thebreakfastfrom jerusalem plate and was very satisfied. i can't wait to try more things on this menu. very fresh, and very cute spot on grand.

if you go later in the day for lunch or dinner, the menu on the wall has blue dots for all the gf options, and there are a lot of them. for whatever reason, thebreakfastmenu didn’t have these little codes.

scrumptious!!. there were several of us attending a conference who were staying at macalester college. this delightful place was half a block from our dorm. portions are generous, and they have a goodly number of typical american dishes also. several of us found the place forbreakfastthe first day and came back every day thereafter - it was that good. for people like me who like pitas feta cheese, tabouleh, and hummous, it was fantastic! try the turkish coffee for a special treat?

best keptbreakfastsecret. i've eaten dinner at shish, and liked the food, but today was my first breakfast. wow! i and my friend were amazed! great quality, variety (middle eastern and americanbreakfastoptions), coffee, service, prices...it's all good. we live in the hood, and can't believe we haven't tried shish forbreakfastbefore today. shish is now our first choice.

i keep going back for more!. shish's menu is so extensive and their service is so polite and **fast** that you may find yourself going back just to try new dishes. everything i've had so far has been awesome but let's start with the sweet potato duo i had the other night: the soup of the day was coconut sweet potato soup and although it was a freaky unholy color, it smelled like a baked sweet potato and tasted exactly like half coconut, half sweet potato: thick and creamy, it was perfect with the sweet potato fries that didn't need salt, ketchup, butter - or anything else. another time i had the turkish coffee - a sweet cup of finely ground heaven - with a gyro. word to the wise, order extra cucumber sauce - it wasn't dry (the opposite, it was the best lamb gyro i've ever had) but they don't give you a whole lot of sauce. on my birthday, i had the portabella mushroom burger - okay, the image that just popped into your head, it wasn't like that. imagine the gigantic mushroom cut into strips, then grilled, then draped across a welcoming bun. and pesto and red peppers on top - awesome. not what i was expecting, but totally delicious. my sister had the veggie burger - no boca burger here. it is literally squash and mushrooms and other veggies sautéed and heaped - nay, mountained! - onto a bun, with hummus. again, not what she was expecting, but really yummy. also, their fries are really thin cut which i love and have great seasoning. i had them again when i ordered the kefta burger. it was delicious but someone forgot my carmelized onions and i didn't notice till i got home ;( also, i recommend you order it with the hummus on the side so you can dip your fries into it. now for desserts: they have a gigantic display of temptations including three varieties of baklava. they ought to just call it the glass temptation case. the size of one piece of cake is the size of a kindergartener's head. but the piece i had on my birthday - the peanut butter cup cake - made me want to call my parents and thank them for conceiving me. so delicious. the red velvet cake is also soft and moist - and the frosting!!!! i don't even like frosting and i liked it - butter cream and fresh (you know how butter cream frosting can "turn"? this frosting had to have been made that morning so the gtc must be refrigerated). *also, they servebreakfasttill 10 a.m. on weekdays and till 2 in the afternoon on weekends - can't wait to try the crepes and the french toast and the belgian waffles!! and the omelets!