"You know a meal is a success at Mazal when every inch of your table is filled with some sort of dip, salad, or warm pita. People will be ripping and tearing, dipping and dunking, and sharing bottles of natural wine. Feta-stuffed bourekas and smoky babaganoush fight for space amongst big bowls of couscous and goat cheese flatbread. Food comes out fast at this vegetarian Israeli spot in Lincoln Heights, but don’t be surprised when you look at your phone and hours have passed. Mazal’s warm, string-lit alleyway patio—and never-ending parade of excellent mezze—has a way of extending any group hangout session. " - sylvio martins, brant cox, nikko duren