"Jordan and Saif Makableh transformed their father’s halal grocery store into a James Beard Award-nominated Levantine restaurant. Their new Redwood City location has a stylish dining room and a patio flourishing with plants and a fountain. The falafel mezza sampler showcases an excellent selection of sauces and pickles, including tzatziki, hummus, roasted beet dip, and baba ghanoush. For smoky meat lovers, there’s duck, branzino, lamb chops, and kebabs all grilled over mesquite wood." - Octavio Peña