Two visits to Mediterranean Spirit - Polk St. - SF

[Dave MP]

I went to Mediterranean Spirit twice this week, once for lunch and once for dinner.

When I went for lunch, I had the beef/lamb shawerma sandwich and my friend had the chicken shawerma sandwich. We both asked for them to be spicy, and they both were somewhat spicy but not very. Both sandwiches are really great, and contain their excellent hummos, pickled cabbage and lots of meat (which is re-heated on the griddle). The whole sandwich, once assembled, is also grilled. The meat juices, hot sauce and hummos combine to make for a delicious but drippy meal. The sandwiches are served with a side of pickled hot pepper.

I went back for dinner two days later hoping to try the falafel, but they were out (it was near closing time). So I got the lamb/beef shawerma again. This time, when I asked for spicy, they really spiced it up. This sandwich was really great with the extra hot sauce (which looks homemade?). So I definitely recommend ordering this sandwich spicy, and emphasizing "very spicy" if you like that sort of thing....you won't be disappointed.

Overall, very nice people and a good value. It had been a while, but I am going to start going there more regularly I think.

Here's a link to a post from the winter: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/312988

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Mediterranean Spirit
1303 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

[Gary Soup]

Thanks for the reminder of the name and the location. That place has been on my mind since returning from Montreal and its wealth of great Lebanese noshes, and I see another visit to Mediterranean Spirit in the near future.

[Fig Newton]

From what info I can get from them, the hot sauce is out of a jar. But you're right that it's delicious. I just forgo trying to get them to give me the food spicy enough and ask them for a side of the hot sauce.