Grecian Cafe (again)

mmm-yoso!!! continues to be written by Cathy while Kirk and His Missus continue to enjoy their well earned vacation.

I wrote about Grecian Cafe in January 2019, without mentioning the reason we first stopped here was because of our regular bread run just down the street at Frank's Bakery.  The update to that post is the the corner anchor restaurant here is no longer Pizza Hut Round Table Pizza, but is Pho and Grill International. The other update is that this family owned and run restaurant has been here for more than 30 years.
 Walk in, order and pay.  There is a menu board above the ordering space in the wall.  Your food is brought out by one of the family members.  

 As always, we order onion rings ($4.49).  Thick slices of sweet onions, sweet batter, properly crisp fried and not greasy.  This is served with ranch dressing.
   A small Greek chicken salad ($9.49) holds a lot of tasty, moist roasted chicken and comes with pita bread and tzatziki.  The salad part is the same size as the side salad which comes with the meal below and includes cucumber, tomato and onion and a red wine vinegar based dressing.
   The Moussaka and Gyros combination plate ($15.99) was ordered on this day...because we wanted leftovers.  Plenty of fluffy rice with some peas and carrots topped with slices of gyros and, of course, the Moussaka- the bottom layer is baked potato, then a nice layer of eggplant, the sweet (cinnamon and oregano) spiced ground meat filling topped with a layer of thick béchamel and covered in a subtle seasoned (garlic, thyme, parsley, basil) tomato sauce. 

Another long time family owned, quality restaurant which survived Covid-19. 

Grecian Cafe 9676 Campo Road Spring Valley 91977 (619) 464-0385 Open Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 1-7 

 You can see the Santa Sophia Roman Catholic Church tower just East out the side window of the restaurant.  The Greek title, "Santa Sophia" (Holy Wisdom) is popular in Greek Orthodox churches and is rare for Catholic churches.

Comments

[kat]

another survivor:)

[James Watson]

Point of order: the pizza place here used to be Round Table. The Pizza Hut is across Campo Rd. and is doing just fine, or surviving anyway.

Have you been to Pho and Grill since they moved to this location? Is Jonathan still in charge?

For Greek food, I've always found Grecian Cafe to be very variable, to be charitable. I've always found J-K's on University to be much better, though the storefront itself is kind of a dump. Also Opa on Main in EC is pretty good food but again, the storefront is kind of run down.

[Soo]

Looks like a nice place. Have you tried the fried zucchini?

[Cathy]

We are really happy to see places which survived, Kat. Really trying to patronize instead of chains.

You are right, James! I get the Pizza places mixed up but do know the windows on Pizza Hut buildings are unique- will correct the post. Yes, the link to the Pho and Grill post is about the new location; people working are the same. We've had an opposite experience with J-K's; the chickens were terribly small three times since February and one take home salad was not fresh; but it is still open, so will give it another try. (Grecian has always been fresh in our experience). Used to go to Opa a lot (worked nearby) but it's been years; thanks for the reminder.

We have not tried the zucchini here, Soo. I will definitely order it next time, just to be able to report back.