You are reading mmm-yoso!!! a blog about food. Kirk, ed(from Yuma) and Cathy and a few others all contribute in a strangely anonymous yet intimate way to this online diary. Today, it is Cathy's turn.
Hi. Just a quick post about one of my 'regular rotation' places, where The Mister and I came for one of our "seven days of feasting" meals (the week of our birthdays, which are seven days apart) (although the photos here are of two meals)...This location is close to home and we like the food.
Yes, we love this place. Here is the 1/4 chicken combo meal ($7.25 when we were here in July, now $8.25). A perfectly seasoned and rotissiere grilled 1/4 chicken served with Greek salad, garlic bread and either fries or zucchini, or as pictured, the lovely onion rings I crave.
The glorious strawberry shake($2.25). Not artificial tasting at all.
This location used to be a Foster's Freeze you know. The ice cream machine is still in the store.
We went back for The Mister's birthday: 
Yet another gyros ($5.25) (in July it was $4.25 and looked pretty much like this photo; I don't want to bore you). The sandwich comes with onions and tomatoes, sauce on the side. 
Fresh bread.
Chicken pita- huge! ($5.25) Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, feta and tzatziki on the side. 
The chicken is moist and flavorful.
Onion rings and fried zucchini sticks ($2.15 each). Nicely, lightly batter fried. Why play games? Way much food. Excellent food. Never have we been disappointed when we eat here. Never.
Another Happy Happy Birthday meal.
Greek Style Chicken 1468 Graves Avenue El Cajon 92021 (619)401-0700 11a.m.-9p.m. seven days
Everything about this place looks fantastic! Greek food with strawberry shake? Unbelievable.
Posted by: sharon | Tuesday, 23 September 2008 at 08:06 PM
Funny Cathy, I just had Onion Rings recently on my birthday! My friends remembered me not having much of a sweet tooth. Thanks for the post, I feel like getting some kind of rotisserie chicken tomorrow! Too bad we don't have Zankou here.
Posted by: Dennis | Tuesday, 23 September 2008 at 08:28 PM
Now onion rings and fried zucchini sticks would have been perfect with our rotissiere cornish hen tonight. Drat, I'm hungry again.
Posted by: Carol | Tuesday, 23 September 2008 at 08:40 PM
a happy belated birthday to you and the mr. that place looks good, and the prices for that amount of zuch/onino rings seemslike a good deal. i remmeber somewhere way back you posting about that shake. looks like a good place to hit for the munchies. i've been thinking about onion rings for this past week too.
Posted by: mothermayi | Tuesday, 23 September 2008 at 10:23 PM
Ah, Sharon, you must not know the joy that is Foster's Freeze...the soft serve vanilla from there is light yellow and french vanilla in flavor-excellent...in comparison, DQ is merely cold white stuff. You have seen we don't get shakes or those sort of beverages when we eat out, but when we are here, I *have* to.(although if it is my choice, it is vanilla...but it is still part of the days when The Mister gets to choose the food) :)
Oh Dennis, I have far more of a salty than sweet tooth, also. Not much close to Zankou here, but schawarma at any of the Mediterranean palces in El Cajon or downtown is a nice fix...an rotissiere is even easier nowadays-seems you can get it anywhere...
It's the fried anything Carol. Just admit it.
Thanks for the good wishes, and welcome mothermayi, to our blog. Almost every gyros/Greek place around makes *great* onion rings it seems.
Posted by: Cathy | Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 07:28 AM
Yum fried veggies, the irony.
Posted by: nhbilly | Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 02:56 PM
The joy, Bill, the joy...
Posted by: Cathy | Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 05:11 PM
Love, love, love this place! We usually go to the one on Main, but it is very satisfying. Love their salads, gyros (pronounces NY style jyroes), and, of course, their chicken. Pass on the fish grotto, but I'll be back here fosho!
Posted by: Porta Rickin Rick | Wednesday, 24 September 2008 at 08:57 PM
We used to go to the one on Main, also PRR, this one by the DMV is closer to us. (Actually drove past the one on Main to go to another one of our meals, which you will see blogged in a couple of days.) We just get what we crave. It's tradition. Especially the Grotto.
Posted by: Cathy | Thursday, 25 September 2008 at 04:34 AM
I love trying Greek recipes and food... eventhough if it is a restaurant... I prefer cooking my own... but will try anything..thanks
andy
www.recipebuddys.com
Posted by: andy abraham | Tuesday, 21 October 2008 at 01:22 AM
Cathy you must go to all of my favorite spots to eat. My wife and I love going to Greek Style Chicken. Going to have to ask her to stop there on the way home tonight. I can't wait for some of those fried zucchini and a chicken pita.
Posted by: Jimmy | Tuesday, 18 November 2008 at 04:31 PM
Hey, Jimmy! I live in Santee you know...and I share where the good places are. I am glad to see that there are people who live out here also and know what I am talking about. It's Tuesday, isn't it?
Posted by: Cathy | Tuesday, 18 November 2008 at 05:34 PM
I know its Tuesday, but the wife didn't want tacos tonight. But I did go to L & L for lunch and had a couple of Kalua Pork Tacos.
Posted by: Jimmy | Tuesday, 18 November 2008 at 05:57 PM
That was my lunch last Tuesday and I was busy today. The Mister is working late and I don't want cook...But gosh I love the Gyros pita and onion rings...
Posted by: Cathy | Tuesday, 18 November 2008 at 06:06 PM
Gyros are a gift from heaven.
Posted by: teresa higgens | Saturday, 09 May 2009 at 05:46 PM