Cheap Eats 2013: Plaka Grill
Quick reviews of ethnic cuisines you can experience for less than $25 a person, tax and tip included.
The Plaka Grill gyro made with spit-roasted pork, tzatziki, and crispy fries. Photograph courtesy of Plaka.
One of the area’s great sandwiches—a gyro stuffed with spit-roasted pork, fries, tomatoes, and tzatziki—can be found at this lively, mural-painted dining room. It’s a meal in itself, but it’d be a shame to miss the kitchen’s excellent dips, which range from whipped taramasalata to tyrokafteri, a melding of feta with spicy and sweet peppers.
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Executive Food Editor/Critic
Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
Food Editor
Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.