Lincoln Lunch: Chicken Middle Eastern
(not my actual lunch) I had a Lincoln Lunch revelation recently. A $5 meal at a restaurant with table service is roughly equivalent to a $6 meal at a place where you order and pick up your food at a counter. Profound, huh?
I realized this while munching on my rotisserie chicken lunch at Zarro in Canoga Park. The $6 meal came to $6.48 with tax but since there was no table service, no need to leave a tip. Two weeks earlier I had a $5.35 Chinese meal with table service that totaled $6.80 with tax and tip.
My Zarro's lunch came with a quarter rotisserie chicken, a hot pita, fresh hummus, a small side salad with a very tangy dressing and a little container of garlic sauce that, sadly, I did not discover until the end of my meal. Just a taste was enough to scare off vampires. Yum! My lunch also came with a 16 ounce soda.
Service at the no-frills restaurant was quick but not particularly friendly. The delicious food went a long way to make up for this. Don't expect small talk and you'll be fine.
Zarro's has a few other Lincoln Lunch possibilities. On the specials menu, a baja chicken wrap with rice, lettuce, tomato and white chicken breast and chipotle mayo dressing PLUS a 16 ounce drink is $5.49.
A plate with two falafels, tabouli, humus, pita, olives and a 16 ounce drink is $5.49. There are many other options for $6, including eight different wraps, a half rotisserie chicken to go (with pita, garlic sauce and rice), and a Cesar salad.
Visit Zarro's at 6851 Topanga Canyon Blvd across from Canoga Park High School. (818) 884-4895. Thanks, Joyce!
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This comment is regarding my horrible experience at Zarro's chicken located at 6851 Topanga Canyon BLVD. across the street from Canoga Park High. I went to Zarro's to buy and try two rotisserie chickens for my dinner last week. I went there about 1 P.M. and the owner told me he had run out of chicken to come back at 3.I told him I came special to try his chickens because I had read a great review in the Daily News from the Bargain Hunter issue. I came back special at 3:15 bought the two chickens and made an early dinner.The chickens were so overcooked and dried up we could not eat either chicken.I called and spoke to the owner to let him know about the chickens and he regarded " impossible I just finished cooking them and they were good". I replied I was looking forward to eatting them when I heard he had hung the phone up on me. The nerve he could of at least apologized or offered to replace the two chickens I would not be so upset but I am upset and he needs to know he can not run a business this way. In America the customer is always right the customer needs to be heard and not taken advatage of. Thanks Julia I usually have good success with your suggestions but Zarro's was unfair. Debra