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 Sam's Falafel - Liberty Plaza Luminaries

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Location: Cedar Street btwn. Broadway & Trinity Place

Hours: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm

Days: 5 (?)

Dishes: falafel sandwich, falafel platter

Prices: $3 sandwich, $4 platter

Step into Liberty Plaza (now renamed Zuccotti Park) and one pushcart stands out. Well, its line stands out, anyway. Nearly as many people are waiting in line for this one cart as are waiting for all the others put together. This food I had to try for myself.

Even thought the line is long, it moves quickly, and there is a tray of fried pitas to munch on while you wait. There is no time lost to wading through a lengthy menu becuase ther are only two choices: falafel sandwich or falafel platter. I decide on the platter.

Man, am I glad I came. This is a falafel to rival Moishe's, although they take the exact opposite approach. While Moishe makes a light, airy falafel, Sam's falafel is dense, almost meaty. The 7 (!) falafel balls they give with the platter are joined on the plate by a dazzling array of accoutrements: hummus, tahini sauce, baba gannouj, fried eggplant, fried onions, a stuffed grape leaf, lettuce, tomato, and pita. Every one of them is delicious, even the stuffed grape leaf, a dish I usually avoid, is wonderfully mild and flavored with mint. All together, they combine for effect which is as appetizing as any meal I can remember.

Posted by Sam on September 13, 2006 06:52 PM

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