Gazalas is tiny. The only place for me to sit was an outdoor table right on the sidewalk on 9th avenue between 48th and 49th. This turned out to be a good thing. The weather was really nice this night.The waitress was a really nice young girl. I had a hard time understanding her accent. She was pronouncing the specials probably the way that they are supposed to be in her language; I was guessing Greek. I had no idea what she said so, I just rolled with whatever she recommended.
It turned out to be one plate of what can best be described as an eggplant cheese sandwich with eggplant instead of bread. The eggplant was toasted which melted the (I'm guessing) mozzarella cheese and heated the sliced tomato
The other plate was a cheese pastry. The cheese was kind of like ricotta. It was very flakey and good but very filling.
After a little internet search after I was there showed that Gazala's was actually Israeli Druze instead of Greek. I have no idea what that really means but, it was still very good.
Overall I'd rank gazalas a 9.3. I liked the quirky location, the great service and great food.
Gazala Place
709 9th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 245-0709
www.gazalasplace.com
