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  teecee23
  May 31, 2007

  I LOVE NAZARETH!!!

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  Nazareth's is an amazing restaurant! It is family owned, and when you enter it shows! The staff make you feel completely at home, like you are apart of the family. And the best part is, the food is sensational! My husband will travel from the far east side(where we live) to the North side of Columbus just to eat there-it's the only place Greek he will eat. During my pregnancy, I'll survived off of the greek salad(extra dressing, no olives). Gotta Go, I'm on my way there now for lunch!

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  amarand
  Sep 21, 2006

  Fresh, tasty food; Funny owner; Around 17 years!

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  5.0
  

  I was taken to this restaurant as a random surprise. Now I love Greek food, and when I first entered the place I was like "cool, this smells exactly like I'd expect it to smell: fresh french fries, gyro meat, pita bread..." and when I went over the menu, I saw a lot of the same names I'd seen in other restaurants I'd been to in the past, but the names don't do the food justice. For one thing, the french fries...clearly these are made fresh daily in-house, and they go through the final frying dip when you order (you never can tell if they've cut-and-blanched the fries hours or minutes before, but I don't think that really matters in the final taste really), so they come out awesome tasting and hot. The "Spicy Chicken" sandwich was amazing...but genuinely spicy, so don't think you're going to get a mild spicy like at Wendy's...I hear this guy makes his "hot sauce" in house, and he's a spicy guy! I also had a half-batch of the onion-rings which were really good and fresh, but kinda reminded me of onion-rings I'd had elsewhere. I like onion-rings, so I usually categorize them...these were just really good beer-battered onion-rings, you know? I had to leave the best for last, though...I'd never been to the restaurant before, so the owner brought out a plate of his in-house hummus, which was to DIE FOR. I mean, whew! I've had probably 5 or 6 different types of hummus in my life, and this was hands-down the best. The pita quarters that he brought out to accompany the hummus appeared to have been freshly grilled, so they were steaming hot and had that nice crispy outside...golden brown. The restaurant has awesome hand-painted murals...ask about them, but, seriously, ask the owner about his story: where he's from, etc...he's a funny guy! If you want to get him started, ask him about the U.N...and he's all about world peace! Ooh, also, while I don't generally like eggplant, I -loved- his baba ganoush! You won't be disappointed.
  
  *** I had placed some "cons" into my Citysearch review, so here they are: the tables were a little greasy (but it's not a 5-star restaurant, folks!) and the food is probably not Weight Watchers approved...big portions (that can be a pro or a con...) but I'm sure some more healthier options are available if you look over the menu. I shared a basket of fries with a friend!

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