Dupont Legends – Eat in and Carry Out
I was sitting at work one day and came across an all staff email about lunch. Seems i’m not the only one scouring the internet from something new to try at noon. In fact, it’s really what everyone does, everyone, everywhere. Lunch is that time of the day we can steal away from work for an hour and enjoy the wonderful world of culinary cuisine made in under 20 minutes. That or run to Trader Joe’s for a salad.
This day though I decided to not suffer through another Subway Jared special and track down a good Gyro. I love Gyro’s even if my wife yells at me for pronouncing them “JI-RO” and not “Geer Ho” or “Heer Ho” or however the hell you phonetically spell it. So it was on this day that my eyes leaped and my stomach lurched when I saw a review from colleagues at work for a nice Greek carry out restaurant about 5-8 blocks away. I ctrl-alt-del’d my computer and head out the door to Dupont Circle area, little west honestly.
When I got there I found a very nice little storefront with some outdoor seating sitting on P street in NW. I walked in and a nice older man, who is I believe is the very proud Greek owner, asked me for my order. I didn’t need to look at the menu and simply ordered a “JI Geer-Ho” with fries. I took a seat inside and played some Uno on the iPhone while I waited.
The inside, as you can see, was heavily decorated Greek.
There is some pride here from the owners. This just so happens to be one of those little places that is owned by someone that is ethnically attached to the food. What I mean is, I like eating food that was prepared by someone that grew up eating it in their native country. Is the best Italian food in NYC or Italy? Though i’ve never eating in either, from numerous sources I’ve encountered over the years, it’s been overwhelmingly Italy. Same is true for Greek as it turns out.
My sandwich came in very quick time, the restaurant was a little empty, and I first noticed how packed it was. The lamb slices were thick and bulged the pita bread out so far it was hard to get a solid bite on it. Of course, that’s not a lot to stop a hungry man who has to be back for a 1pm meeting.
I dug in and was delighted. The lamb tasted as good as it looked. It was a massive bite though and took me sometime to gulp down. I ordered fries with it, which were honestly not so good. But come on, it’s a Greek joint, they didn’t invent the french fry so why should they be good at making it.
For the proximity to work and the deliciousness of the “Geer Ho” I give this place a solid thumbs up. I went back again after that first visit and it was still a solid Gyro. Onions rings on the second visit which were still kinda eh, but whatever, i’m not going there for their side items. If you work in the area and haven’t tried them out they are certainly worth a visit.
Legends is located at
2157 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.296.2333
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