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View the Sam's Deli and
Mediterranean Kabob Room Menu
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Restaurant:
Sam’s Deli and Mediterranean
Kabob Room
Where: 608 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia
Phone: (626) 357-0512
Reservations: No
Cocktails: Beer and wine
Service: Counter service or wait service
Atmosphere: Casual
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Credit Cards: Major credit cards
Kid’s Menu: No
Senior Discount: No
Food to Go: Yes
Catering Menu: Yes, and a banquet room
Price Range: $2.25 - $13.99, average
under $5.00, dinner average $8 - $10 |
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Sam's
Deli and Mediterranean Kabob Room is on Myrtle in Old Town Monrovia |
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Deli
counter sells salads in quantity to go |
and
meats/cheeses |
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Banquet room can be used for overflow seating when not in use |
Tomato and cucumber salad |
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Green
salad is a choice with dinners |
Katie
ordered her Lamb and Chicken Kabob dinner with rice pilaf, instead of salad |
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Even
though I'd ordered salad, Sam's included rice with my Lula and Gyro Kabob
dinner |
Keelan had the beef dip |
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Side
order of fries |
Baklawa for dessert |
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DOT COM DINING A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Sam’s Deli and Mediterranean Kabob Room
By Bill Coburn
Sam’s Deli and Mediterranean Kabob Room is a little
unusual in that while it is located in Monrovia, you don’t have to actually go
to Monrovia to try out it’s delicious food. Sam’s is a vendor at about a half
dozen different street fairs, including Whittier, La Verne, Norwalk and
Monrovia. So even if you’re not in downtown Monrovia, you still have the
opportunity to give them a try if you’re in the right city at the right time.
And Sam’s ability to mobilize to cook and delight diners at these street fairs
means he is also capable of handling very large catering jobs for your special
occasion.
Sam also has a banquet room on the premises at
Myrtle Ave. in Monrovia, as well as outdoor dining, and even a counter for
individuals looking for a good kabob or a deli sandwich. And that’s what my
family and I found there when we went for dinner this week.
Sam’s Deli also has several
different kinds of Mediterranean beers. I started the meal off with an Athenian
beer, brewed and bottle in Athens, Greece. This was a first for me, and I found
it to be pretty good. Not as strong or heavy flavor-wise as most European
beers, and that works well with me. We also ordered a falafel appetizer
(A
Middle Eastern vegetarian specialty that combines java and garbanzo beans,
spices, and herbs into patties served with a lemon and sesame sauce called
tahini sauce). Since this was my first time trying falafel, I had no barometer
to measure it against, but it was a good way to start the meal, and I’d order it
again. Keelan ordered a tomato and cucumber salad to start with, as well, and
enjoyed a good sized portion of the fresh vegetables with some ranch dressing on
the side.
For our entrees, I ordered the
Lula and Gyro Kabob dinner and Katie ordered the Lamb and Chicken Kabob dinner.
Dinners come with salad, rice pilaf or French fries
and hummous. My Lula Kabob was a mixture of ground beef with
grated onions and mild aromatic herbs rolled around a skewer and broiled on an
open fire. The Gyro was served with tzatiziki sauce, which is a cucumber
sauce. Katie’s chicken and lamb kabobs were also cooked over open flame, and
were served with fluffy rice pilaf. Everything was quite enjoyable, and I
wouldn’t hesitate to recommend any of the items we had.
Keelan ordered the beef dip.
Yes, for you regular readers of the column, his teeth are getting adjusted to
the braces, and he’s moved beyond mac and cheese and jello. Of course, it
didn’t hurt that the beef was lean and tender, and served on a delicious soft
French roll, with a substantial amount of delicious au jus for dipping.
After dinner, we tried the
baklawa, which is served three different ways at Sam’s. All were delicious, but
I enjoyed the one that was square, and not tube like, the most, because the
filling wasn’t as fine, and there were bigger chunks of pistachio in it.
Sam’s Deli’s menu features 8
cold sandwiches and 15 hot sandwiches, all under $4.50. And that’s not
including the half dozen kabob sandwiches or any of the charbroiled burgers.
There are nearly a dozen types of salad sides available (red cabbage, bean
salad, Italian sausage salad, etc.), plus another five green salads. There are
nearly a dozen dinner entrees, and eight dinner combos available in the
restaurant as well. You can find their menu on the SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
website under several categories, or by visiting
www.samsdeliandkabobroom.com. While you’re there, you can download a
coupon good for a free entrée with purchase of an entrée of equal or greater
value (up to a maximum $8.00 value). See the coupon for details. Sam Najjar has
been at the Monrovia location for fourteen years now, and would like to invite
you to stop in and enjoy a nice lunch or dinner, whether you dine inside or al
fresco on the Avenue. Or stop by a street fair and give it a try. And don’t
forget to mention that you read about him in Dot Com Dining.
New this week at
SanGabrielValleyMenus.com – menus for Barney’s Only Place in Town (formerly The
Only Place in Town Café) in Sierra Madre, and Café 322, opening soon in Sierra
Madre.
Bill Coburn is owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a
restaurant website featuring dozens of restaurant’s menus, as well as
downloadable coupons. He has nearly 20 years experience in the restaurant
business, and has been eating for much longer than that. |
