Israeli chef George Rached (who is not the famed pro wrestler, but really does call himself “Gorgeous George”) spends his days and nights in the kitchen of his shoebox restaurant, grilling up peppery lamb shawarma and pureeing hummus into the texture of thick custard, but it doesn't leave him too fatigued to serenade his customers. Dinner is priced upscale, but lunch offers a deal: gyro slices mounded on puffy pita and slathered in thick yogurt, preceded by a salad and followed up with a piece of baklava, all for less than $10. George's Nazareth combination platter—10 dishes such as tiny falafel swimming in yogurt, parsley-heavy tabouleh, and a fantastic roasted eggplant-pepper slaw—makes for the perfect light dinner for two |