Semiramis

Description
On a sunny day, this Lebanese café is warm and full of light. On darker days, you can look to the food for such pleasures. The fattoush salad provides forkfuls of bright, tart flavors, and the basket of warm pita begs to be slathered with foul—fava beans cooked down with olive oil and garlic to make a tangy, spreadable paste. Sandwiches, like a roasted chicken wrap, and tender kebabs are prepared skillfully, and everything benefits from a slather of the housemade garlic sauce, toum—except for the mamoul cookies. Pair those with a cup of rich cardamom-laced coffee.