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"Expanding beyond San Francisco, the new Marin outpost of Souvla opens as the chain’s first location outside city limits and marks a major expansion for the popular Greek fast-casual mini-chain. Housed in a larger portion of the former Marin Brewing space, the restaurant was designed by Matt Winter of M. Winter Design into a bright, white dining room with rustic wood and terracotta accents meant to evoke the feeling of being on vacation on a Greek island, and it includes a spacious, covered 60-seat outdoor patio with heaters for year-round use. The menu features the usual Souvla suspects—sandwiches and salads topped with chicken, lamb, pork, or roasted sweet potatoes—plus Black Sheep Foods plant-based “lamb” for vegans; I’d round out a meal with the Greek fries tossed in olive oil, lemon, parsley, and mizithra or the roasted potatoes doused in rotisserie drippings, and finish with frozen Greek yogurt topped with olive oil and flaky sea salt, sour cherry syrup, or baklava crumbles. The restaurant also pours its own line of wines made in partnership with producers in Greece, will offer delivery to the majority of Marin County, and opens on Monday, November 6 with hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week; founder Charles Bililies says bringing Souvla to the North Bay has been long-awaited and that the biggest customer complaint has been simply that “there’s not a Souvla near the person.”" - Lauren Saria