We had our minds set on dining out Sunday here in our complex at the new Greek place Kalimera, which noted they were open on Sunday for dinner on the door. We passed by Saturday when they were open to double check, but alas, did not enquire and as it was a Sunday on a holiday weekend, they chose to close. Disappointed we walked next door to what outside has a sign calling it "Steal in Resto." It was pretty empty but very nicely appointed with comfy leather chairs and fairly quiet except for the noise from the large screen TV covering half of one wall!
We scanned the UPC code to view the menu and got excited as it was not just steaks and not French, instead it was Turkish with pide and many kebabs. Will & I love the dried Turkish beef called Pastirma, or as we know it pastrami and they had a pide (or flatbread) with it! Iskender with lamb kebab, yogurt and tomato sauce was another thing we like. I saw a drink list with all virgin mocktails and then we noticed that each table with folks at it had a hookah they were sharing. We had passed the "hookah bar" at the entrance and there was a couple dozen with a "hookah bar tender" behind, but we didn't think much of it. I enquired about a wine list to find out that they served no alcohol. A dry restaurant in France--in Bordeaux! Oh no-MON DIEU!
We proceeded to ask if we could do take-out and then grabbed our dishes when they were ready, headed the one block back to our place and opened a bottle of red wine and sat down to eat. The pide was crispy edged and yummy, but the pastirma was tasteless and only a couple of pieces on the flatbread. We heated up the Iskender which was quite good although, we thought it odd that it was filled with pieces of tomato-sauce-soaked chunky bread, which I do not recall seeing before. Googling the dish, I remember it is served over pita, which was missing, perhaps they had no pita.
Whatever the case and despite the friendly and nice service with a smile, we felt that Steak in Resto or Meat'in Steak, whatever it is called is not worth a return visit. Sadly that makes two out of three places Will has visited in our complex and two out of two for me that failed the test!
Kalimera--praying you are worthy when we do finally get there!
