Tel Aviv Grill- Valley Village

"Tel Aviv Grill is an Israeli mini-chain with locations dotted across the Valley (including an excellent seafood-focused branch). Their flagship in Encino looks like any other fast-casual lunch counter, but the food quality stands out like a pair of Crocs at a wedding. As early as 11am, a line forms out front for shawarma, schnitzel, and skewers served with a multicolor assortment of Israeli salads and dips. You'll have a great meal here if you close your eyes and pick from behind the counter at random, but our go-to is the beef shawarma pita generously stuffed with shaved meat, garlicky yogurt, pickles, and chopped salad." - brant cox, sylvio martins

" Tel Aviv Grill is an Israeli mini-chain with locations dotted across the Valley. Their flagship in Encino looks like any other fast-casual lunch counter, but the quality of the food here stands out like a pair of Crocs at a wedding. As early as 11am, a line forms out front and a majority of the people waiting are getting their beef shawarma. Order it as a hefty pita pocket and it’ll come stuffed with a generous portion of shaved, marinated meat, garlicky yogurt, and chopped tomatoes and cucumber. The beef option usually sells out by 3pm, but the equally juicy chicken shawarma is a worthy runner-up. " - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins

"Tel Aviv Grill is an Israeli mini-chain with locations dotted across the Valley. Their flagship in Encino looks like any other fast-casual lunch counter, but the quality of the food here stands out like a pair of Crocs at a wedding. As early as 11am, a line forms out front for their shwarma, schnitzel, and skewers served with a multicolor assortment of Israeli salads and dips. You'd have a great meal here if you just close your eyes at picked from behind the counter at random, but our go-to is the beef shawarma pita stuffed with generous portions of shaved, marinated meat, garlicky yogurt, cabbage, pickles, and chopped salad." - Nikko Duren