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Though they've invented the Olympics, political systems, and the Zorba music that gets played at least once during every baseball game, the Greeks have never been ones to rest on their laurels, which they also invented. Today's deal treats you to their crowning achievement: the gyro. For $4, you'll get $8 worth of anything on the authentic Greek menu at King Gyros Greek Restaurant, Citysearch's pick for Best Mediterranean Food in Columbus for 2009.
The most famous offering on King Gyros' menu is the Big Fat (and presumably Greek) Gyro ($7.69), an extra-large pita packed with 12 ounces of thin-sliced gyro meat and topped with gyro sauce, diced tomato, onion, banana peppers, black olives, and lettuce. If that isn't Greek enough for you, try the souvlake gyro ($3.99–$8.49), which is a gyro wrapped around a skewer of filet-mignon tips. You can order them by the sack (up to $33 for five BFGs), like Socrates always did, or with a side of Greek fries topped with feta cheese, lemon olive oil, and herbs ($3.79).
The Greeks value hospitality even more than billowy white cotton shirts, so expect boisterous Rhodes-born owner Yanni Chalkias to serve up your feta burger ($5.25), dolmades (stuffed grape leaves; $5.50), shishkabob ($8.25), mousaka ($8.75), and more with a maximum of smiles and conversation and a minimum of annoying new age music. Save room, though, for gourmet baklava with a drizzle of honey syrup ($4.25), the decadent strawberry cheesecake baklava ($4.25), or another selection from the commodious dessert menu.
The country hasn't introduced a new style of column in centuries, but the art of Greek food is very much alive and kicking and dancing in circles with Ya-Ya at its cousin's wedding. Treat your cruise ship's first mate or your entire frat house to the best Greek grub that Columbus has to offer.
Reviews
King Gyros gets a Best Mediterranean Food from Citysearch, and Citysearch reviewers give it five stars. Yahoo! Local reviewers also give King Gyros five stars:
- King Gyros is the type of place that you will want to keep going back to. It is a small, simple establishment with fantastic food! I have taken out-of-town visitors there who will then ask to go back on their next visits. The food is truly authentic and they serve up large portions at very good prices. – BuckeyeinTX, Citysearch
- Best Gyros I have eaten in town!! The owner was born in Greece and has some Tasty Grape leaves and Hummus on the Huge menu!! – g67arber, Yahoo! Local
- I love getting waited on by the owner, with a big, genuine smile. You love what you do and it shows! – nursingwon, Citysearch
Groupon Says
Hail to the King, Baby
Unlike those froufrou foreign monarchies, where hapless princes are born into an undeserved decadence of fuzzy-hatted palace guards and indoor pheasant ranges, America does it right. To become King Gyros, you need to earn your station through a series of mettle-testing challenges guaranteed to separate potential gyros kings from lesser pizza dukes and okra aldermen. What are some of the obstacles on the path to the throne?
- Must pronounce "gyros" correctly at least once during lifetime.
- Must spend three sensory-deprived days wrapped in the sleeping bag–sized "Pita of Truth."
- Must slay the fabled Gyrosaurodon and flay his hide into thin, spicy strips.
- Must be able to accurately identify Krav Maga when it is used in action films.
- Must provide own crown (standard clause).
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