I used to live in Cairo. Your Lebanese or generic “Middle Eastern” restaurant is going to resemble Egyptian offerings a lot more than what’s available at an Ethiopian joint. Two mainstays of the Egyptian diet are fuul, beans drizzled with oil, and kosheri, a pasta dish with rice and lentils covered in a tomato hot sauce. Both can be delicious, but they’re cheap street food that probably doesn’t translate well to an American restaurant the way Asian street food does. Egyptian food in the U.S. is generally just felalfel, hummus, schwarma, kofta, etc., in which case your reader should visit the underrated and confusingly named Sevan’s G&G Mediterranean Cafe, which is across the street from Whole Foods on Lower Greenville. BYOB. Friendly if uneven service (a family with kids).

Ali Baba - da best. Lower Greenville!!