Every good Lebanese restaurant--and this is one of the best--has a unique specialty. Lebanon's Café has a charcoal-burning grill, making it the Bud's Broiler of Middle Eastern food. Its menu is more extensive than most, and the prices are almost laughably low. It's very tempting to eat much more than you should here. They don't sell alcohol, but you are free to bring your own wine with no corkage fee charged.
Hussain Sheereef opened Lebanon's in the mid-1990s, originally in the much smaller space next door. When he expanded into the former Cavallino's, he got a bigger dining room and a much bigger kitchen, allowing the menu to grow to its present encyclopedic size. Over the years, renovations make the place more pleasant seemingly with every visit.
The premises are larger than they at first seem from the heavily-planted sidewalk entrance. In fact, the place is downright spacious, an effect enhanced by the large murals. The service staff--even the many members of it who aren't from the Middle East--are knowledgeable enough about the food to offer suggestions for those just discovering Lebanese cooking.
If you come in a party of four to six, you can make a spectacular repast out of ordering all of the many appetizers. If necessary (and it probably won't be), fill in the appetite gaps with one or two entrees.
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